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To: epicure who wrote (216464)	8/21/2007 6:36:43 PM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793761

"some" I think saying "They may be religiously charged for some" is not so accurate. Homosexuality and marriage are religiously charged issues for most religious people and thats true of pretty much all religions. Marriage is a religiously blessed institution in all the major religions and there are no religions which authorize gay marriage. Plus Christianity, Islam, and Judaism define homosexuality as sinful per se. Thats true even if it is an unpleasant situation for gay people. Re. other faiths, in India I see homosexuality is illegal. Buddhism is potentially more liberal but in reality the situation is more like this -> the Dalai Lama, for example, says homosexuality is ok BUT oral, manual, and anal sex is forbidden. I don't see the problem with books like Heather has Two Mommies. So families are different. Big deal. If you don't want your kid to know that, I'm sure you can opt out of having your kid read the book In Massachusetts at least, you cannot opt out. If gay marriage is legalized elsewhere, it will be something one can't opt out of elsewhere too. I persist in the view this is not an issue for 6 year olds in schools - and that and similar ages is the target audience of the surprisingly sizeable genre of gay themed childrens books which are written for the obvious purpose of forming childrens opinions about sexuality. People who feel differently are free to raise their own children the way they want. to allow religious forces to remove a book that is not per se about religion I strongly suspect most people in our society who aren't religious would still object to the literary genre in question for small children. Almost all things tread on someone's religious belief- and the point of school is to tread on them all, WHERE those beliefs are not integral to the religion. We have a disagreement here - about the point of school, I guess.