Meanwhile the Christian publishers can’t be bothered to even publish many children’s books, let alone give them away free. Maybe some of the reason we’ve lost so much ground in this country is that our missionaries aren’t as zealous as the world’s.
Second Story Press Celebrates Gay Marriage in California With Their Classic Picture Book “Mom and Mum are Getting Married!”
Second Story Press will be giving away copies of their picture book “Mom and Mum Are Getting
Married!” to librarians at this year’s American Library Association Conference on Saturday,
June 28 in Anaheim in celebration of California’s newly legislated legalization of gay marriage.Anaheim, CA (PRWeb via PRWeb) June 26, 2008 — Second Story Press will be giving away copies of their 2004 picture book Mom and Mum Are Getting Married! to librarians at this year’s American Library Association Conference on Saturday, June 28 in Anaheim in celebration of California’s newly legislated legalization of gay marriage. Author Ken Setterington will be on hand signing copies and available to talk about the book and its impact on the children’s literary community, from the controversy it generated when first published to the relevance it has in light of this new legal decision.
The book tells the story of young Rosie and her two mothers. When they tell her they are going to get married, Rosie can’t wait to start planning the big day. Rosie has so many questions. Will she get to be a flower girl? Can she get a new dress? Will there be food and a fabulous wedding cake? At this party, family, friends and fun come together for a joyous celebration of love in a changing world. Author Ken Setterington is the Toronto Public Library’s Children and Youth Advocate. His awards include the Ontario Library Association’s Librarian of the Year and the prestigious Toronto Arts Award for Writing and Publishing. He has authored several other children’s books, a play, and regularly reviews and recommends children’s literature. Ken has served on the Siebert, Newbery and last year’s Caldecott committees.
The American Library Conference is being held at the Anaheim Convention Centre, and Second Story Press can be found in booth #2653.
And the author is the children’s and youth advocate for the Ontario Library. That’s the thing that gets me. I’m sure he loves kids. Sincerely. It’s still a shame.
This book makes me very sad. My three male cousins had to deal most of their life with their father’s homosexual relationship, when he left their mother when they were young boys, for another gay man. Their was nothing “gay” (as in the meaning of the word happy) about their relationship with their Dad and his partner until he died a few years ago. And eventhough they are all over thirty now, they still feel very, very angry about his “choice” and deal with issues that they feel resulted from it.
Currently my high school age daughter has a friend she is no longer close with, because of this girl’s descent into promiscuity with boys. Why? Because she wants to prove to everyone that she is NOT gay like her mother and her mom’s partner. Although we keep contact with her, because we want this bright and beautiful young lady to change her focus to something more positive and rewarding, so far we have been unsuccessful in our efforts.
Anecdotally I have heard other depressing stories, but these two stories are closest to my own life. We live in a gay friendly town, so you wouldn’t think these would be issues. But I think its time the gay community began looking reallistically in a frank and unbiased way, at what transpires psychologically to a child being raised by gay parents? And if it turns out that being raised by gay parents is really not in the best interest of children, then what?
Then what, indeed?
The problem is that they will never come to the conclusion that gay parents are harmful to children because they will always believe that it’s society’s hate mongering that harms the children. I’d guess anyway. It’s what the man/boy love people say. Boys wouldn’t be harmed by having sex with men if society didn’t make them feel bad for it.
They discount the conscience that is given by God.
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