Homophobic Children's Book Now Out of Print
Back in 2001, I wrote an article about my experience attending the ex-gay conference, "Love Won Out," sponsored by Focus on the Family. One of the "redemptive resources" on sale at the conference was a children's book, Mommy, Why Are They Holding Hands? The book was described in Focus on the Family literature as the story of "a young girl named Sarah [who] is faced with the reality of homosexual sin after seeing two men holding hands at the mall and hearing about gay people on television. Confronted with her own sinfulness, Sarah discovers that no one is immune from sin . . ." For only $5.00 a copy (list price $6.99), you could teach your children how evil and sinful they are, while at the same time introducing them to homophobia. Such a deal!
Surfing the Amazon.com website tonight, I discovered that this book is now out of print, although used copies can still be obtained. I tried to find the book on the Focus on the Family website but couldn't; apparently they no longer sell it. I did find the book on the website of Coral Ridge Ministries, the megachurch-televangelism empire of Dr. D. James Kennedy, available for a $2.00 "donation." Kennedy's website describes the book as "the nation's first Bible-based children's book focused on preventing homosexuality."
I'm glad this despicable book is now out of print, although the mindset that produced it is still, sadly, very much alive.
Darrell
www.WildFaith.com
Surfing the Amazon.com website tonight, I discovered that this book is now out of print, although used copies can still be obtained. I tried to find the book on the Focus on the Family website but couldn't; apparently they no longer sell it. I did find the book on the website of Coral Ridge Ministries, the megachurch-televangelism empire of Dr. D. James Kennedy, available for a $2.00 "donation." Kennedy's website describes the book as "the nation's first Bible-based children's book focused on preventing homosexuality."
I'm glad this despicable book is now out of print, although the mindset that produced it is still, sadly, very much alive.
Darrell
www.WildFaith.com
posted by Darrell Grizzle | 8:15 PM
2 Comments:
aaaaaaagh - strangled cry. My initial response was disbelief. But all too soon followed by despairing belief. What garbage cans some peoples minds must be.
I hope you and Michael hold hands lots. To show that's it's perfectly possible and acceptable and downright delightful for lovely people to love whomever they choose.
Ugh - The thought of people putting this kind of ignorance into children's minds is horrific!
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