One approach to censorship

Davis district sued over flap about lesbian mothers book

A Kaysville parent sued the Davis School District on Tuesday, alleging her children’s First Amendment rights were violated by a school committee’s decision earlier this year to remove a book about lesbian mothers from shelves of elementary libraries.

Students can read the picture book, In Our Mothers’ House, by Patricia Polacco, only if they have a permission slip signed by parents. The policy decision brought applause from parents who felt the story wasn’t appropriate for young children and criticism from opponents who believed it was unjustified censorship and hurtful to gay and lesbian families.

Also nice to know, the lone dissenter on the committee which voted to remove the book from general circulation was a librarian, a high school librarian, Trudena Fager. Kudos to her.