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Illinois Family Institute Calls For Boycott Of Scholastic Books Over Gay-Friendly Title

Joe My God  Nov 18 09

The vile Illinois Family Institute, best known as one-time home of Peter LaBarbera and for their relentless crusade against anti-bullying legislation, is calling for a national boycott of Scholastic Books because they will include a gay-friendly book in their middle school book fairs.
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Story Featuring Gay Parents Excluded From Us School Book Fairs

Google Gay Parenting News / Booktrade.info  Nov 02 09

Story Featuring Gay Parents Excluded From Us School Book FairsBooktrade.infoUS publishing giant Scholastic has insisted that it "does not censor books" in the wake of a fierce row over US children's author Lauren Myracle, .
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Yet Another Scholastic Update – with Conan O’Brien

Mombian  Oct 28 09

There’s always more to do. Reader Jersey Mom astutely pointed out in a comment (as did a reader over at Change.
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Scholastic Reverses Position to Exclude Childrens Book With Lesbian Moms

Topix Gay News  Oct 28 09

Michael Jones of Change.org is reporting that Scholastic Books has reversed their decision to exclude a book from Scholastic's popular book fairs, simply because that book featured two moms raising a child.
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Scholastic Reverses Decision to Exclude Gay Friendly Book from Fairs

MyGayMinneapolis.com  Oct 28 09

During the past 48 hours more than 4,000 Change.org members joined in calling for Scholastic Books to reverse their decision to exclude a book from Scholastic's popular book fairs, simply because the book featured two moms raising a child.
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'Luv Ya Bunches' censored due to gay content

Proud Parenting  Oct 26 09

Family Equality Council reports that Scholastic has censored Lauren Myracle’s new book Luv Ya Bunches (Abrams/Amulet, 2009) do to its language and gay-friendly content.
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Scholastic Bans Book with Lesbian Moms from Book Fairs

Bilerico  Oct 26 09

Most of us with young children in public school know about Scholastic Book Fairs. Many of us remember them from our own childhoods.
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Book with Lesbian Moms Banned from Fairs

Advocate  Oct 26 09

Apprehensions over a lesbian couple in a children's book series has caused publisher and elementary school book fair organizer Scholastic to stop Lauren Myracle's latest tomes from hitting its shelves.
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Update on Scholastic and Luv Ya Bunches

Mombian  Oct 26 09

Wow. As I write this, over 1900 people have signed the online petition asking Scholastic to include Lauren Myracle’s new book Luv Ya Bunches in their school Book Fairs.
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Children's book club says lesbian moms are "inappropriate"

Topix Gay News  Oct 25 09

The School Library Journal is reporting that global children's publishing, education and media giant, Scholastic, decided not to include a book from its Scholastic Book Fair, because the company says one of the main characters has same-sex parents.
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More on the Book Scholastic Banned

Mombian  Oct 25 09

I posted Friday about Scholastic’s refusal to include Lauren Myracle’s new book Luv Ya Bunches in their school Book Fairs after she refused to change one character’s lesbian moms into a mom and a dad.
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Why Would Scholastic Book Fairs Ban Books With Same-Sex Parents in Them?

MyGayMinneapolis.com  Oct 24 09

You have to wonder why an organization dedicated to getting students to read would decide to make censorship such an important part of their work.
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Scholastic Censors Book Because Main Character has Two Moms

Queers United  Oct 23 09

Scholastic has decided to censor Lauren Myracle’s new book Luv Ya Bunches (Abrams/Amulet, 2009) do to its language and homosexual content.
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