I am definitely old. I grew up in the age of dinosaurs when all you had to do to decide which bathroom to use was check your pants. Men who dressed in women’s clothes were simply odd. There was no reason to harm them or look down on them, but they were simply not something you were interested in incorporating into the mainstream of society. They were certainly not something you felt it necessary to discuss with your elementary school child. Well, evidently there is a definite effort being made to change those cultural norms.<\/p>\n
The Hill<\/a> posted an article today about “Drag Queen Story Hour.” This is a relatively new phenomena where men in drag read children\u2019s books to kids in libraries or bookstores. This seems really bizarre to me.<\/p>\n The article reports:<\/p>\n And a group called Common Sense Campaign Tea Party is also reportedly calling for a protest of an event\u00a0this month at a public library in Mobile, Ala., it added.<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cThe program is designed to purposely target children so as to make sexual perversion acceptable through repeated exposure,\u201d according to a poster on the\u00a0group’s Facebook page, the AP reported.<\/strong><\/p>\n Drag queen Khloe Kash is reportedly scheduled to visit\u00a0Mobile and read \u201cRainbow Fish\u201d and other children\u2019s books, including \u201cStella Brings the Family,\u201d about a little girl unsure what to do as Mother\u2019s Day approaches because she has two fathers.<\/strong><\/p>\n According to the news service, critics say that the program is meant to indoctrinate children into a progressive view of sexuality. Citing AL.com<\/a>, it noted that opponents at a Mobile County Commission meeting described it as such. Those defending the event at\u00a0a meeting reportedly sympathized with the critics, but pointed to the First Amendment.<\/strong><\/p>\n So far, there are no plans to cancel “Drag Queen Story Hour” in Mobile, the AP noted.<\/strong><\/p>\n Despite small pockets of opposition, the events are becoming more prevalent, Jonathan Hamilt, a New Yorker who helps organize the story hours across the U.S., told the news agency.<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s growing all over the nation, including the South,\u201d Hamilt said.<\/strong><\/p>\n I’m sorry. I just don’t think this is appropriate for young children. Can’t we just let them alone to be children for a while?<\/p>\n \n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I am definitely old. I grew up in the age of dinosaurs when all you had to do to decide which bathroom to use was check your pants. Men who dressed in women’s clothes were simply odd. There was no … Continue reading