{"id":754,"date":"2007-09-27T23:01:08","date_gmt":"2007-09-27T23:01:08","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2007-09-27T23:01:08","modified_gmt":"2007-09-27T23:01:08","slug":"gay-fairy-tales-for-second-graders-john-edwards-says-yes-absolutely","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/2007\/09\/gay-fairy-tales-for-second-graders-john-edwards-says-yes-absolutely\/","title":{"rendered":"Gay fairy tales for second-graders? John Edwards says, “yes, absolutely\u201d."},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cI want my children to understand everything about the difficulties that gay and lesbian couples are faced with every day, the discrimination that they\u2019re faced with every single day of their lives,\u201d Democratic Presidential candidate John Edwards said – responding to a question from moderator Tim Russert, at a New Hampshire debate this week.<\/p>\n

Edwards was answering a question put to the candidates regarding the book King & King<\/cite><\/a>, in which two hero princes become smitten – with each other. Russert wanted to know if the candidates believe the book is appropriate to be read in second-grade classes.<\/p>\n

The book was read to a second-grade class in Massachusetts and a lawsuit was filed against the teacher and school in 2006.<\/p>\n

Edwards answered instantly, \u201cyes, absolutely\u201d.<\/p>\n

He explained, \u201cI suspect my two younger children, Emma Claire, who\u2019s 9, and Jack, who\u2019s 7, will reach the same conclusion that my daughter Cate, who\u2019s 25, has reached – which is, she doesn’t understand why her dad is not in favor of same-sex marriage.\u201d<\/p>\n

UPDATE:<\/a> Cate talks about her views on marriage equality.<\/p>\n

None of the Democratic front runners support marriage equality.<\/p>\n

However, he continued, \u201cI don\u2019t want to make that decision on behalf of my children. I want my children to be able to make that decision on behalf of themselves, and I want them to be exposed to all the information, even in – did you say second grade? Second grade might be a little tough, but even in second grade to be exposed to all those possibilities, because I don\u2019t want to impose my view. Nobody made me God.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fox News reports<\/a> that Obama told Russert his beliefs are similar to those of Edwards, and his wife has explained same-sex marriage to their children.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe fact is, my 9-year-old and my 6-year-old I think are already aware that there are same-sex couples. One of the things I want to communicate to my children is not to be afraid of people who are different. One of the things I think the next president has to do is stop fanning people\u2019s fears. If we spend all our time feeding the American people fear and conflict and division, then they become fearful and conflicted and divided.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hillary Clinton said she respects the viewpoints of Obama and Edwards, but she did not answer the question of whether she\u2019d be comfortable having a storybook like \u201cKing & King\u201d read to her own child at that age.<\/p>\n

After hearing of the debate, Mitt Romney, a candidate for Republican nomination, took advantage of the progressive discussion to promote conservative views on the subject.<\/p>\n

“Last night’s debate was just the latest example of how out of touch<\/a> the Democratic presidential candidates are with the American people. Not one candidate was uncomfortable with young children learning about same-sex marriage in the second grade.”<\/p>\n

“This is a subject that should be left to parents, not public school teachers,” he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cI want my children to understand everything about the difficulties that gay and lesbian couples are faced with every day,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[409,46],"yoast_head":"\nGay fairy tales for second-graders? John Edwards says, "yes, absolutely\u201d. - Proud Parenting<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/2007\/09\/gay-fairy-tales-for-second-graders-john-edwards-says-yes-absolutely\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Gay fairy tales for second-graders? John Edwards says, "yes, absolutely\u201d. - Proud Parenting\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"\u201cI want my children to understand everything about the difficulties that gay and lesbian couples are faced with every day,\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/2007\/09\/gay-fairy-tales-for-second-graders-john-edwards-says-yes-absolutely\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Proud Parenting\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ProudParenting\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2007-09-27T23:01:08+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Community Editor\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Community Editor\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/2007\/09\/gay-fairy-tales-for-second-graders-john-edwards-says-yes-absolutely\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/2007\/09\/gay-fairy-tales-for-second-graders-john-edwards-says-yes-absolutely\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Community Editor\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/#\/schema\/person\/def121aeb5c0b3a369b43ae00a2a26a5\"},\"headline\":\"Gay fairy tales for second-graders? John Edwards says, “yes, absolutely\u201d.\",\"datePublished\":\"2007-09-27T23:01:08+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2007-09-27T23:01:08+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/2007\/09\/gay-fairy-tales-for-second-graders-john-edwards-says-yes-absolutely\/\"},\"wordCount\":503,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"'08 Presidential candidates\",\"books for kids\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Entertainment\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/2007\/09\/gay-fairy-tales-for-second-graders-john-edwards-says-yes-absolutely\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/2007\/09\/gay-fairy-tales-for-second-graders-john-edwards-says-yes-absolutely\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/2007\/09\/gay-fairy-tales-for-second-graders-john-edwards-says-yes-absolutely\/\",\"name\":\"Gay fairy tales for second-graders? John Edwards says, \\\"yes, absolutely\u201d. - Proud Parenting\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2007-09-27T23:01:08+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2007-09-27T23:01:08+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/2007\/09\/gay-fairy-tales-for-second-graders-john-edwards-says-yes-absolutely\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/2007\/09\/gay-fairy-tales-for-second-graders-john-edwards-says-yes-absolutely\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/2007\/09\/gay-fairy-tales-for-second-graders-john-edwards-says-yes-absolutely\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Gay fairy tales for second-graders? John Edwards says, “yes, absolutely\u201d.\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/\",\"name\":\"Proud Parenting\",\"description\":\"LGBTQ Families\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Proud Parenting\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/cropped-cropped-2017proudparentinglogotransrainbow150x91-2.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/cropped-cropped-2017proudparentinglogotransrainbow150x91-2.png\",\"width\":150,\"height\":91,\"caption\":\"Proud Parenting\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ProudParenting\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/#\/schema\/person\/def121aeb5c0b3a369b43ae00a2a26a5\",\"name\":\"Community Editor\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6b2b1bcaff4844a12b5b0ecafd37c768?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6b2b1bcaff4844a12b5b0ecafd37c768?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Community Editor\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/author\/Community Editor\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Gay fairy tales for second-graders? John Edwards says, \"yes, absolutely\u201d. - Proud Parenting","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/2007\/09\/gay-fairy-tales-for-second-graders-john-edwards-says-yes-absolutely\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Gay fairy tales for second-graders? John Edwards says, \"yes, absolutely\u201d. - Proud Parenting","og_description":"\u201cI want my children to understand everything about the difficulties that gay and lesbian couples are faced with every day,","og_url":"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/2007\/09\/gay-fairy-tales-for-second-graders-john-edwards-says-yes-absolutely\/","og_site_name":"Proud Parenting","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ProudParenting","article_published_time":"2007-09-27T23:01:08+00:00","author":"Community Editor","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Community Editor","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/2007\/09\/gay-fairy-tales-for-second-graders-john-edwards-says-yes-absolutely\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/2007\/09\/gay-fairy-tales-for-second-graders-john-edwards-says-yes-absolutely\/"},"author":{"name":"Community Editor","@id":"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/#\/schema\/person\/def121aeb5c0b3a369b43ae00a2a26a5"},"headline":"Gay fairy tales for second-graders? John Edwards says, “yes, absolutely\u201d.","datePublished":"2007-09-27T23:01:08+00:00","dateModified":"2007-09-27T23:01:08+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/2007\/09\/gay-fairy-tales-for-second-graders-john-edwards-says-yes-absolutely\/"},"wordCount":503,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/#organization"},"keywords":["'08 Presidential candidates","books for kids"],"articleSection":["Entertainment"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/2007\/09\/gay-fairy-tales-for-second-graders-john-edwards-says-yes-absolutely\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/2007\/09\/gay-fairy-tales-for-second-graders-john-edwards-says-yes-absolutely\/","url":"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/2007\/09\/gay-fairy-tales-for-second-graders-john-edwards-says-yes-absolutely\/","name":"Gay fairy tales for second-graders? John Edwards says, \"yes, absolutely\u201d. - Proud Parenting","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2007-09-27T23:01:08+00:00","dateModified":"2007-09-27T23:01:08+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/2007\/09\/gay-fairy-tales-for-second-graders-john-edwards-says-yes-absolutely\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/2007\/09\/gay-fairy-tales-for-second-graders-john-edwards-says-yes-absolutely\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/2007\/09\/gay-fairy-tales-for-second-graders-john-edwards-says-yes-absolutely\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Gay fairy tales for second-graders? John Edwards says, “yes, absolutely\u201d."}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/","name":"Proud Parenting","description":"LGBTQ Families","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/#organization","name":"Proud Parenting","url":"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/cropped-cropped-2017proudparentinglogotransrainbow150x91-2.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/cropped-cropped-2017proudparentinglogotransrainbow150x91-2.png","width":150,"height":91,"caption":"Proud Parenting"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ProudParenting"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/#\/schema\/person\/def121aeb5c0b3a369b43ae00a2a26a5","name":"Community Editor","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6b2b1bcaff4844a12b5b0ecafd37c768?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6b2b1bcaff4844a12b5b0ecafd37c768?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Community Editor"},"url":"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/author\/Community Editor\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/754"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=754"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/754\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=754"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=754"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=754"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}