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Old 04-23-2006, 09:05 AM   #5
Happy Monkey
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Originally Posted by Jordon
NewsCenter 5's Gail Huff reported that some parents of students at the Estabrook Elementary School are upset that the students were read a book called "King and King," the story of prince who is interested in the brother of the princess.

"My problem is that this issue of romantic attraction between two men is being presented to my 7-year-old as wonderful and good and the way things should be," parent Robin Wirthlin said. "We feel like 7 years old is not appropriate to introduce homosexual themes."
If there was no sex described in the book (and I think it's safe to assume there wasn't), then it is probably considerably less sexually disturbing than Snow White. Not that the kids are going to be looking at the sexual themes of either story.
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