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Poor, poor pitiful..

“Fairfax Public Libraries Ban Pro-Family Books,” announces the self described “Fairfax county outpost of The Family Foundation.” Well, that sounds terribly wrong, doesn’t it? It would be wrong, too – if it were true. Here’s an idea for a game … Continue reading

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Wasilla meets Loudoun

Events in Wasilla, Alaska in late October, 1996 are looking more and more like some things that have gone on in Loudoun County, only the most recent of which was the unsuccessful attempt by anti-gay activists to have the children’s … Continue reading

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Tango is back with her friends

…and we couldn’t be happier for her. As everyone surely knows by now, what we had been hearing from several people in the Sugarland Elementary community turned out to be true: the complainant Sherrie Sawyer has no children enrolled at … Continue reading

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LCPS on a slippery slope

This is an updated overview of the status of Tango, just in terms of the policy issues that have been uncovered. There will be more forthcoming about the community response, remarks at the February 26 School Board meeting, and the … Continue reading

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Somebody has some ‘splainin’ to do

Well, this is certainly an interesting development. One of the many parents who is angered by the unilateral decision of Superintendent Hatrick to remove And Tango Makes Three from Loudoun County elementary school libraries has just pointed out to me … Continue reading

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Now we know

Update: Erica Garman of Living in Loco filed an independent FOIA request, and has posted the documents online. We have now seen the documents pertaining to the Sugarland Elementary* parent’s challenge to And Tango Makes Three. I’ll just share this … Continue reading

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CWA ladies caught in another lie

Blessings upon the folks at Good As You for finding this gem from the ladies of Concerned Women for America (you may recall this outfit as the home of disingenuous Senate candidate Patricia Phillips. She’s also the anti-gay activist who … Continue reading

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“Ex-gay” therapy for penguins. Who knew?

This just gets weirder and weirder. An amusing little treat landed in my inbox yesterday, containing the answer to the question “where are the national anti-gay advocacy groups in the ‘Tango’ story?” It’s an alert from the James Dobson/Focus on … Continue reading

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Now we’re on “The View”

Whoopi Goldberg thinks that our public school administrators need to spend some time watching Animal Planet. Joy Behar wants to know why anyone wouldn’t like this true story about creatures taking care of each other. Sherri Shepard displays an astonishing … Continue reading

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What was objectionable, again?

“Penguins … ya gotta love ‘em.” Betsy Allen, who writes the Loudoun Clear blog for the Loudoun Times-Mirror, just posted this. Unlike some who have weighed in on And Tango Makes Three (you get clued in to this when a … Continue reading

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