The Day of Dialog event will be held on the last day of May in New York, but the event is full, you can no loner register. I mention it though, because one of the sessions is about “The Most Banned Children’s Book of the Year—And Tango Makes Three” Here is the description of the panel:
The authors, Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell, and the editor, David Gale, who conceived, wrote, and published And Tango Makes Three as well as a noted librarian/intellectual freedom advocate Pat Scales will discuss the book’s genesis, impact, and the efforts to censor it.
It’s hard for me to emphasize with the people who want to censor it. Emotionally I can understand that if their value system considers homosexuality a sin they would not want to have this book in their own childrens’ hands. Which is a perfectly legitimate choice as a parent. Not that I would take though. Because reading about gay people will not turn you into one of them; it just might create understanding. That is a good thing in my book.
But trying to push their limited view onto others is breaching other people’s rights. Unacceptable.
This entry is part of my Intellectual Freedom series.