Limited student access to Polacco book in Utah elementary school library leads to ACLU lawsuit.

From the Seattle PI:

The lawsuit claims it's unconstitutional to require elementary school students have a parent's permission to check out "In Our Mothers' House," a picture book featuring three adopted children growing up with two mothers.

"I was shocked when I heard that a handful of parents had made a decision about whether everyone else's kids could have access to this book," said Tina Weber, a district parent who is listed as a plaintiff along with her two children. "Our job as parents is to make sure we teach our children about our values. We can do that without imposing our personal views on the rest of the school community."

Previously here and here.

Comments

[Emily]

This book is beautiful and made me and one of my co-workers cry when we read it. What a pity that so many people are still so narrow minded.

[Heather Z.]

What is cool though is the Salt Lake County Library System (the largest library system in Utah, and one of the biggest in the country) picked In Our Mother's House to read aloud for ALA's Banned Book Week and submitted the video to them. I am so glad not so many people are that close-minded and are willing to embrace and protect the freedoms everyone should be able to enjoy.

Here's the link for a fun followup. :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmDLkYRWToM