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Question: What were those banned books!?
Does anyone know the titles and authors of the three books that Kari Simpson wanted to ban from B!.C!. schools!?Www@QuestionHome@Com


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That turned out to be more difficult than I had anticipated! Most articles just said they were books with same sex parents!. I finally found this
http://www!.qrd!.org/qrd/education/1997/mi!.!.!.


From: GALE BC <galebc@ibm!.net>
> Subject: Ban GALE
> Date: Tuesday, April 08, 1997 6:51 PM
>
> URGENT MESSAGE!!!!
>
> Attention all GALE members and Friends:
>
> The Surrey School Board has put forward a notice of motion that will
> effectively
> ban all GALE resources and resources from any other gay or lesbian
> organization
> from Surrey schools!. No administrator, teacher or counsellor will be able
> to use
> or redistribute these resources in Surrey schools!
>
> This motion is being brought forward as a result of right wing parent
> groups in
> Surrey complaining about GALE and because of the Christian fundamentalist
> dominated school board!. One of our members is a Surrey teacher who has
had 3
> books waiting for board approval for the last three months!. These books
are
> from
> the GALE resource list, they are:
>
> 1) Belinda's Bouquet
> 2) One Dad, Two Dads, Brown Dad, Blue Dads
> 3) Asha's Mums

If this is correct, then the authors are
Belinda's Bouquet by Leslea Newman (Belinda's friend has two mothers)
One Dad, Two Dads, Brown Dad, Blue Dads by Johnny Valentine (Dads are all the same, even if you have two of them)
> 3) Asha's Mums by Rosamund Elwin & Michele Paulse ( a little girl has two mothers)Www@QuestionHome@Com

the Harry Potter books because they featured witchcraft!?Www@QuestionHome@Com

Catcher in the Rye!.Www@QuestionHome@Com