The Catholic schools use Scholastic Book Fairs that distributes homosexual (starting at preschool) and transgender books (starting at middle school)

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Not to mention Theology of the Body, which clearly, utterly refutes the notions of same sex “marriage” and same sex “parenting,” or a “family” founded upon the same sex relationship.
 
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CatholicELATeacher said:
Since there is no communion of persons–no nuptial relationship in homosexual coupling–the only “family” that can accrue in such a relationship is purely secular in definition. From the standpoint of Christian anthropology there is no “parenting” and no “family” resulting from such a relationship.
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So, are you saying that the children of two gay men don’t have a family and don’t have parents? In many cases, one of the parents in such a relationship is the biological father of the children. What he does in raising his children would surely be called “parenting”.
 
Two gay men?
No communion of persons.
No nuptial relationship.
No “parenthood” or “family” in accord with God’s divine plan for the same, from the beginning.
Secular definitions of “marriage,” “parenthood,” and “family” are man made, not divinely created.
 
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Book fairs serve a function other than teaching Catholicism, as to Catholic Schools. They are not equivalent with CCE. It is also vital to teach core curriculum. So while Catholic specific book fairs may have a role, the question is whether they do an equal job with engaging with children of all ages in wanting to read, not having to read. Any person that enjoys what they read will read more. Anyone reading more will have a wider vocabulary. The books that SBF sells are set up for reading level with accompanying comprehension tests. The same is true with a lot of the stuff from the library, but one has to go to the website that tests to make sure there is a test for those books.

I would recommend any school that switches to away from SBF to track standardized reading improvement to see if something is missing and be open to either going back, or filling in somehow. Turning out poorer students should not be an acceptable response to a complaint.
 
Always amusing to read the disingenuous nonsense argument that same sex couples are often just platonic buddies though, eh?
 
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tifischer said:
That’s not what Bert and Ernie are though…again the book is not addressing people who live together as brothers or sisters. "Sesame Workshop responded by claiming that Bert and Ernie have no sexual orientations because they are both puppets. Frank Oz, who previously performed as Bert , stated Bert and Ernie were not gay, saying, “They’re not, of course, a gay couple.”…it seems that the some people you referred to believing such falsehood were easily led astray from the truth.
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But some people still do think they are a couple. And those that do usually do so because there are so few characters that are like them or relationships that are like the ones they want.

The books with gay characters, or transgender or in unambiguously same-sex relationships are for those kids who know they are different and don’t have a name for it or have only heard hurtful things about it. These books give them a positive representation. And it can help parents talk to their kids about different kinds of families, people who are different.

I live in a very homogeneous part of the US. White, similar European ancestry, 99% Christian. If it weren’t for the encyclopedias and Childcraft books by mom invested in I wouldn’t have had a clue about anything that wasn’t white, western, and Christian. In these books, other cultures, countries, skin colors, religions had representation; my mind wasn’t blown when I visited bigger cities (rare occasion) and did see and meet people who were different from me.

It occurs to me now that my mom knew I would need resources to counter the racism, prejudice and other bias I was surrounded by. It didn’t do a complete job but it was a decent foundation.
 
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pnewton said:
While that is good, they do not seem to have a very broad selection of secular material. It sounds like a good program, I just don’t know if it is a good alternative program.
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The secular material is everywhere else: the library, television, the radio, the local bookstore, the tables at the doctor’s or dentist’s office, the billboards lining streets.
 
I have seen some, children’s classics, that is, along with award-winning children’s books.
 
Bruised_Reed said:
The books with gay characters, or transgender or in unambiguously same-sex relationships are for those kids who know they are different and don’t have a name for it or have only heard hurtful things about it. These books give them a positive representation.
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Nonsense!
If this were true, such books wouldn’t be forced on whole classrooms full of children in public schools. But they are.
 
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Not all librarians realize. Schools can be incredibly ignorant about their library books. If they knew, they’d stop with Scholastic. They just need to know.
 
CatholicELATeacher said:
If this were true, such books wouldn’t be forced on whole classrooms full of children in public schools. But they are.
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But is it widespread or a random class here and there. We don’t know if we are discussing the same books but I think the books should be introduced only if there can be q&a with a competant teacher and a safe s poace for disclosure.

Basically I forgot to mention that it is positive representation for non-LGBTQ kids, too.
 
Teaching children to question their own sexual orientation or their God-given gender is indoctrination into evil.
 
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Thank God I work at a Catholic school now, where I have carte blanche in selection of reading material, like Escriva, Dante, and Frost. No gender bending or homoerotic garbage in my classroom.
 
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Personally, I have Ciardi’s. My students don’t read Italian, though my school provides Rosetta Stone and a few kids have chosen to study Italian. I’ll probably use the Hollander side by side, in our Classics Club.
 
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Best of luck to your wife on that. Sounds daunting.
I’ve been nominated for the Pushcart twice. Along with thousands of others, it seems. My next piece will be in a Johns Hopkins journal. Maybe they’ll send me a contributor’s copy.
 
tifischer said:
God created boys to be men and marry and procreate with women. Your question is off topic. Please stay on topic.
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God created boys to be men and marry and procreate with women. Your question is off topic. Please stay on topic.
 
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