"Joy and pleasure are as real as pain and sorrow and one must learn what they have to teach. . . ." -- Sean Russell, from Gatherer of Clouds

"If you're not having fun, you're not doing it right." -- Helyn D. Goldenberg

"I love you and I'm not afraid." -- Evanescence, "My Last Breath"

“If I hear ‘not allowed’ much oftener,” said Sam, “I’m going to get angry.” -- J.R.R. Tolkien, from Lord of the Rings

Monday, September 08, 2014

Today in Disgusting People

You have to wonder what's going on in the head of someone like Laurie Higgins, the main voice of the designated hate group Illinois Family Institute. (Which, if I recall correctly, is the only state-level group so designated.) Here are her recommendations of books for school libraries, in a response to the ALA's Banned Books Week:

Young adult (YA) novels about teens who feel sadness and resentment about being intentionally deprived of a mother or father and who seek to find their missing biological parents.

Dark, angsty novels about teens who are damaged by the promiscuity of their “gay” “fathers” who hold sexual monogamy in disdain.

Novels about young adults who are consumed by a sense of loss and bitterness that their politically correct and foolish parents allowed them during the entirety of their childhood to cross-dress, change their names, and take medication to prevent puberty, thus deforming their bodies.

Novels about teens who suffer because of the harrowing fights and serial “marriages” of their lesbian mothers.

Picture books that show the joy a little birdie experiences when after the West Nile virus deaths of her two daddies, she’s finally adopted by a daddy and mommy.

Do I really need to say more?

Footnote: The IFI was the original home of gay-sex-obsessed Peter LaBarbera, who left after he couldn't get enough signatures on an anti-marriage petition to even submit it. You can imagine how effective the IFI has been since.

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