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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsLaurie Higgins: libraries need books about how happy kids will be if gay parents die
http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/laurie-higgins-libraries-need-books-about-joy-kids-feel-when-their-gay-parents-dieLaurie Higgins, of something called the Illinois Family Institute, says Banned Books Week, in which libraries showcase titles that have been subjected to censorship, has way too much of that free speech thing. Instead, it should try to teach kids that it'll be a relief when gay parents die.
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Laurie Higgins: libraries need books about how happy kids will be if gay parents die (Original Post)
shenmue
Sep 2014
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daleanime
(17,796 posts)1. Hoping this is from the Onion....
nope, no such luck.
Shrike47
(6,913 posts)2. Do books like that exist? Who would write a children's book celebrating the death of your parents ?
That's just sick.
louis-t
(23,292 posts)3. Is there no end to the hatred from these people?
hifiguy
(33,688 posts)7. Unfortunately, there is not.
sarisataka
(18,633 posts)4. Book rec for Ms Higgins
STFU: How to do it and Know when to do it
frylock
(34,825 posts)5. I hope a house gets dropped on her
hifiguy
(33,688 posts)6. It is to the point where Poe's Law
has to be in the forefront of every thinking person's cortex these days.
Cruel idiocy seems to be what the reichwingers do best.