Should "Heather Has Two Mommies" Be Used in the Teaching of Elementary School Children?

"One of the unwritten laws of contemporary morality, the strictest and best respected of all, requires adults to avoid any reference, above all any humorous reference, to sexual matters in the presence of children."1 Heather Has Two Mommies, has been in the center of controversy in the New York City Schools a number of years ago which lead to the departure of the schools chancellor. Heather Has Two Mommies was not one of the required texts for the sexual education program, but the thought of the young children being exposed to it caused terror and anger in many city parents. …