Anti-Gay Rhetoric 101: Scholastic Books says Lesbian Parents are Offensive?

Today, Think Progress, reported that a childrens book that included a girl whos parents are Lesbians was denied by Scholastic publishers.  The book, "Luv Ya Bunches" was held up by the publisher because some of the language was considered questionable or offensive.  The publisher suggested edits that included removing works like "geez," "crap," "sucks," and "God" (as in "oh my God").  They also requested that one of the girls' parents, who are lesbian, be changed to a heterosexual couple.

The author complied with the language change, but refused to change the parents' sexual orientation and gender, arguing that this was not offensive.  The publishers the refused to publish the book, claiming that they didn't want to deal with the complaints from parents.  sketchy...

Well after thousands of people complained over their refusal, they backtracked and published the book.  If you are interested in knowing more than 200,000 children are raised by gay and lesbian parents.  I guess they were just going off the stereotype that gays and lesbians don't raise children.  oops.

Here is there most recent statement on the matter.

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