Dirt-eating conservatives are banjo-strummin’ mad at a Lexington, MA elementary school teacher for reading King & King, a fairy tale (I’ll say!) in which the handsome prince marries another handsome prince.
The Lexington superintendent stands by the teacher, saying that because gay marriage is legal, it makes sense to acknowledge the different types of families in the children’s own community. A “Massachusetts-based conservative group” (talk about masochism) known as the Parents Rights Coalition, however, has its sheer cotton panties in a twist - they say reading the book was a “heinous and objectionable” thing to do.
The PRC even went so far as to recommend a list of “moral” fairy tales for the school to teach instead of King & King:
- Cousin & Cousin
- The Little Engine That Could Wait Until Marriage
- The Berenstain Bears Go Pentecostal
- Sleep-alone Beauty
- Snow White and the Second Amendment
- Stay-at-Home Mother Goose
- Hate the Sin, Love the Cinderella
Gay fairy tale sparks civil rights debate [Reuters via Yahoo!]
the fight goes on: and some people even have the audacity to (*gasp*) wear buttons…in SCHOOL no less…
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2006/04/24/lexington_gay_rights_event_fuels_debate/