Posts praisng “drag queen story hours” now. Unbelievable.
Yes, I agree. I’m beyond discouraged reading this thread. Honestly, people, you’re trying too hard to be tolerant and loving and accepting. That’s fine if it’s just you, but when you bring your children (or other people’s children) into it, that’s just not right.
I personally think that children need to have more “Mommy, Daddy, Older Siblings, and Grandparent’ Story Time”.
I used to take my children to the library for weekly Story Time because the librarians were trained in the art of storytelling because they had earned a degree in Library Science. I was amazed at how they used different media and several types of puppets–many of which were very simple, homemade (by the librarian) puppets that kids could make at home with the help of their parents. These skilled men and women were trained to read at the proper tempo and volume, and they used a lot of voice dynamics and facial expressions to keep the children following along. They were also skilled in dealing with any disruptions in a positive way, such as a child who keeps asking questions.
And they looked like Mommy and Daddy, although sometimes they wore a funny costume if it was a holiday story time. They were careful, though, to make sure that the children could see their real self through the costume, because some kids are not comfortable with someone in a costume and they get scared.
I would not take children to see a drag queen because I believe that children should not be exposed to drag queens until they are old enough to understand the difference between a drag queen and a comedian dressing up like a woman (e.g., Bosom Buddies actors) to circumvent a problem. I also want them to understand that in the past, male comedians dressed up like women to make people laugh really hard, and they did not expect people to treat their female caricature with respect for their “differences.”
Don’t you see? You’re being fed a line of goods here, a hoax. They’re trying to sell “drag queens” as just another manifestation of male comedians dressing up like women (the nerve of comparing these shysters with Milton Berle!). They’ve already convinced much of America that most homosexual couples are monogamous and loving for 50 years of marriage, and that most homosexuals are happy and well-adjusted, except when mean people terrorize them. All of this is just not true at all.
Don’t fall for the’“Drag Queens are Just Like Us” story. It’s a lie. It’s a perversion. The gay bar in our community has been having drag queen shows for 30 years, probably longer, and never, ever have these people come out in public and flaunted their act. But now–they’re in our libraries attempting to win our children over to their dark side. Once they’ve got our children believing their lies, our children will no longer believe our truth–that God created us Male and Female.