An elementary school in Farmington, Utah, placed a book about same-sex couples on restricted availability when a parent complained, but now the ACLU is suing to lift the restriction.
Rory Gray of the Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) tells OneNewNow In Our Mothers' House by Patricia Polacco depicts the happy life of a same-sex couple and their adopted children. But after receiving a number of complaints, a Davis School District review committee stipulated the book be made available only with parental permission.
"The school here isn't worrying about the ideas, but it's worried much more about the educational suitability of this book for young children," Gray explains. "It's also seeking to protect parents' right to direct the upbringing of their children, which the Supreme Court's recognized as a fundamental right."
But the American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit when the school stood its ground, refusing to place the book back on an open bookshelf.
"Parents have a fundamental right to direct the upbringing of their children in accordance with their beliefs, and the ACLU has absolutely no business coming into a public school and telling parents what their kids should be able to read without their permission or knowledge," the ADF attorney contends.
He describes In Our Mothers' House as nothing but homosexual propaganda aimed at students as young as five years old.