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	ESR \| May 29, 2006 \| Heather has two mommies…and three daddies
		To anyone who has not been completely brainwashed by gay propaganda, the notion of homosexuality as a variation of normal, much less a civil right, could not be more absurd.
		Once gay marriage has been permitted, authentic liberty will vanish as every effort of Christians and others to live according to the laws of God and their own moral beliefs is met with litigation.
		Pope John Paul II famously coined the term "Culture of Death" to describe the change in the moral climate that was descending on the world, and a large part of his pontificate was devoted to combating it.
	www.enterstageright.com /archive/articles/0606/0606twomoms.htm (2181 words)

	Amazon.ca: Heather Has Two Mommies : 10th Anniversary Edition: Books: Leslea Newman,Diane Souza (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		And Joshua has a mommy, a daddy, and a stepdaddy.
		The simple and straightforward story of a little girl named Heather and her two lesbian mothers was created by Newman and illustrator Diana Souza because children's books that reflected a nontraditional family did not exist, but a firestorm of controversy soon ensued.
		Heather is a very happy child, and she loves both of her mothers...
	www.amazon.ca /Heather-Has-Two-Mommies-Anniversary/dp/1555835430 (1256 words)

	Wichita Falls, TX: Heather Has Two Mommies and Daddy’s Roommate
		Two children’s books that were held hostage by a local minister are once again accessible to the public at the Wichita Falls, Texas public library.
		During the review process, the minister said he would revise his original request to have the books removed from the library outright, and would accept a "compromise" in which the books could be kept in an adult-restricted area or behind an employee’s desk.
		Heather has Two Mommies, because it discusses artificial insemination, was recommended to be moved to the juvenile section or to the adult bookshelf, although two of the nine board members supported leaving it on the children’s bookshelf.
	www.sodomylaws.org /usa/texas/txnews34.htm (657 words)

	-- Beliefnet.com
		Two years ago, at New York City's Whitney Museum of American Art, I stood staring at a copy of my book "Heather Has Two Mommies" hanging on the wall.
		In the 10 years since "Heather Has Two Mommies" was published, the book has been awarded and lauded, banned and burned.
		"Heather" has been read aloud at a United States Senate meeting (and as far as I know is the only children's book in history that bears that distinction).
	www.beliefnet.com /story/70/story_7090_1.html (395 words)

	Heather Has Two Mommies - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Heather Has Two Mommies is a children's book written by Lesléa Newman with Diana Souza's illustrations, first published in 1989.
		At Heather's playgroup, her family situation is discussed simply and positively, as are those of other children in non-traditional family units.
		The idea for Heather came about one day when I was walking down Main Street in Northampton, Mass.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Heather_Has_Two_Mommies (317 words)

	Valley Advocate: 'Heather Has Two Mommies' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Heather Has Two Mommies is possibly the first picture book of a young child living with two lesbian parents.
		Heather's situation is handled positively and Newman hopes this will be a helpful example for children with heterosexual parents as well as children with homosexual parents.
		Heather has been especially successful so far in feminist and alternative bookstores, and Newman, who just received a large grant from the Massachusetts Council on the Arts to further her work, is hopeful that mainstream reviewers will soon give it attention, too.
	old.valleyadvocate.com /25th/archives/heather_has.html (1077 words)

	AfterEllen.com - Teaching Love and Acceptance Through GLBT-Themed Children's Literature
		Heather Has Two Mommies is the story of a preschooler named Heather who is being raised by her two moms, Mama Jane and Mama Kate.
		One day at school, Heather becomes upset when she realizes that her parents are different from her classmates'; however, she eventually learns the valuable lesson that families are very different, and what's important is the love they have for one another.
		Despite cries about gay agendas and "teaching homosexuality", Heather Has Two Mommies started a diversity revolution, and fifteen years later, books about lesbian households are much easier to come by for children of all ages.
	www.afterellen.com /Print/2006/1/literature.html (551 words)

	Heather Has Two Mommies
		It may be that Stallman has reached his views on censorship, recognition of alternative lifestyles, and abortion independently, but the path by which he went from commenting on "Heather" to endorsing Planned Parenthood seemed very well-worn, and liberal pro-lifers like Nat Hentoff and former Penn. Gov.
		Heather may indeed have two moms but, Susie and Josh may not and there is no reasonable motivation for exposing them to it.
		The "Two Mommies" thing sounded like an angry white guy with too much time on his hands, who coincidentally went to the zoo and took some snapshots and is hiding behind his sense of humor as an excuse.
	philip.greenspun.com /zoo/heather-has-two-mommies.html (2692 words)

	Leslea Newman
		She has received many literary awards including Poetry Fellowships from the Massachusetts Artists Fellowship Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts, the Highlights for Children Fiction Writing Award, the James Baldwin Award for Cultural Achievement, and two Pushcart Prize Nominations.
		Newman wrote "Heather Has Two Mommies", the first children's book to portray lesbian families in a positive way, and has followed up this pioneering work with several more children's books on lesbian and gay families: "Gloria Goes To Gay Pride", "Belinda's Bouquet", "Too Far Away to Touch", and "Saturday Is Pattyday".
		Newman is a popular guest lecturer, and has spoken on college campuses across the country including Harvard University, Yale University, the University of Oregon, Bryn Mawr College, Smith College and the University of Judaism.
	www.queertheory.com /histories/n/newman_leslea.htm (1254 words)

	Family Pride Canada, Recommended Reading for Kids (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		After learning how her two mommies fell in love and decided to conceive her by alternative insemination, Heather goes to nursery school at Molly's house.
		Molly wisely has all the children draw pictures of their families, and what these comfortingly reveal to Heather (and to young readers) is the wide range of alternative family structures existing in American society today.
		The illustrator has cleverly juxtaposed the kids- "naive" sketches of their families with her own soft charcoal drawings of Heather, Mama Kate, Mama Jane, Gingersnap the Cat, and Midnight the Dog.
	www.uwo.ca /pridelib/family/kids/kidsbk1.html (199 words)

	Picture Books - Heather Has Two Mommies
		Heather has two mommies: Mama Jane and Mama Kate.
		When Heather goes to day care, she learns that families come in all shapes and sizes: Joshua has a mom, a dad and a step-dad; Miriam has a mom and a baby sister; David is adopted.
		Heather Has Two Mommies was a Lambda Literary Award Finalist in 1990.
	www.lesleakids.com /heather.html (215 words)

	The Telegraph - Calcutta : At Leisure
		In a genetic version of Heather Has Two Mommies, researchers have combined two unfertilised eggs to create a fully fatherless mouse.
		Heather Has Two Mommies is a well-known book, published in 1989, that describes a small girl with two lesbian mothers and promotes the acceptance of non-traditional families.
		In the Nature report, a team led by Tomohiro Kono of Tokyo University of Agriculture combined eggs from two female mice, one normal and one a newborn in which two genes had been altered in an attempt to simulate the effect of a father’s imprinting.
	www.telegraphindia.com /1040423/asp/atleisure/story_3162068.asp (585 words)

	Amazon.com: Heather Has Two Mommies: Books: Leslea Newman,Diana Souza (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Heather lives in a little house with a big apple tree in the front yard and lots of tall grass in the backyard.
		I think this Heather Has Two Mommies has a fine message about diversity in families...that there are many, many, many family configurations and that they are all fine and hav benefits...that what really matters is that the parents and kids are loving and supportive to one another.
		Heather says she is the only one with two mothers.
	www.amazon.com /Heather-Has-Mommies-Leslea-Newman/dp/1555835708 (1862 words)

	Untitled (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		She has two arms, two legs, two eyes, two ears, two hands, and two feet.
		Heather has two pets: a ginger-colored cat named Gingersnap and a big fl dog named Midnight.
		In response to teacher and librarian concerns, the often controversial artificial insemination section has been removed for the tenth anniversary edition, making Heather more accessible to younger children, while maintaining the central message of love and acceptance that has endeared the book to countless readers.
	www.adlbooks.com /left.cfm?isbn=1-55583-543-0 (255 words)

	Crosswalk.com
		At age three, the book tells us that Heather's mommies "take turns taking care of her." She plays with both mothers and they do many fun things together.
		Heather feels sad and begins to cry." Mama Kate and Mama Jane comfort Heather with the assurance that "Not everyone has a daddy." As the children begin to relate their various families' structure, Stacy proudly reports, "I don't have any mommies.
		In this picture of postmodern bliss, Nick's mommy and her new husband share the nuptial joy of Daddy and Frank as they plan their ceremony.
	www.crosswalk.com /news/weblogs/mohler/1235226.html?view=print (1347 words)

	Alabama Policy Institute Home Page...conservative think tank. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Over the course of the last decade, our culture has made a monumental shift in regard to an issue with far-reaching implications for our society: we have moved from marginal indifference of same-sex relationships to the legalization of same-sex marriage.
		For instance, in the fall of 1990, Heather Has Two Mommies and Daddy's Roommate, controversial books written specifically for elementary school children about homosexual and lesbian lifestyles, were published.
		Shortly after Heather Has Two Mommies and Daddy's Roommate were published, the books were being stocked in public libraries nationwide, including libraries in Alabama and appeared as a part of some public elementary school curriculums.
	www.alabamapolicyinstitute.org /gary-2003-12-4.html (823 words)

	Rude, Prude, and (Definitely Not) Tattooed
		Just as "Heather Has Two Mommies" is now required reading for kindergartners in some school districts, how long will it be before the tolerance police mandate Phil Padwe's new books.
		But that article has been mostly debunked; its central claim that 25 percent of new gay male HIV infections are due to bug-chasing merely one doctor's estimate and not substantiated by research.
		And as ConWebWatch has noted, in 2003 and 2004, WND promoted Ackerman's plight when, while at USJF, he was sanctioned by a judge for filing "frivolous" charges against Planned Parenthood affiliates and faced purportedly "crippling sanctions" of up to $75,000 in fines.
	conwebwatch.tripod.com /outthere/ottattoo.html (845 words)

	The Daily Athenaeum Interactive
		Newman said that while offended parents have a right to not want their children reading books such as “Heather Has Two Mommies,” there is one occasion that is unacceptable.
		After talking about “Heather Has Two Mommies,” Newman talked of the intolerance of homosexuality in the areas of education, marriage and child custody.
		A line from “Heather Has Two Mommies” told the audience Newman’s opinion of the most vital thing about any family, regardless of its composition.
	www.da.wvu.edu /archives/001110/news/001110,01,03.html (477 words)

	March 11, 97 - Features
		Lesla Newman discussed her children's book "Heather Has Two Mommies" and the controversy caused by it being suggested as part of the Rainbow Curriculum, a multi-cultural elementary school curriculum.
		The controversial book "Heather Has Two Mommies" is the story of a girl named Heather whose favorite number is two.
		She has two hands, two feet, two pets and two mothers.
	www.stp.georgiasouthern.edu /George-Anne/arc2/wtr97/0311fea.html (1724 words)

	glbtq >> Special Features >> Lesléa Newman, 1994
		She has written novels, short story collections, poetry books, essays, children's books, and even a young adult novel--all with equal skill.
		Alyson's publication of Heather Has Two Mommies (1989), which she jokingly refers to as her "problem child," catapulted Newman into a maelstrom of controversy that she has weathered quite nicely.
		They had never heard of Heather Has Two Mommies; and it got to the point where I was almost talking them out of it, saying, "I'm a really controversial writer; you may be firebombed; are you sure you want me?" The other two Clarion books aren't gay; they're Jewish picture books.
	www.glbtq.com /sfeatures/interviewlnewman.html (1756 words)

	Anchor Rising: RE: Heather has Two Mommies....: It's About Heather (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Meanwhile, scientists around the world are experimenting with the DNA in eggs and sperm in nearly unimaginable ways, raising the specter of children born with one or three genetic parents, or two same-sex parents.
		Stem cell research has introduced the very real possibility that a cloned child could be born—and the man who pioneered in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatment has already said in public that cloning should be offered to childless couples who have exhausted other options.
		The second biggest is probably a couple who has children too soon, usually at the insistance of one parent, and then they figure out they cannot hold it together because they married the wrong person (substance abuse or personality or whatever).
	www.anchorrising.com /barnacles/003599.html (1656 words)

	Parenting & Families :: Heather Has Two Mommies
		When Heather goes to day care (can't Heather get at least one say-at-home mom?) there's only one family out of five that has a traditional mother-father family structure and a regular kid.
		When Heather goes to day care (can't Heather get at least one stay-at-home mom?) there's only one family out of five that has a traditional mother-father family structure and a regular kid.
		All children should have this book read to them whether they come from two mothers, two fathers, a mother and a father or a single parent home.
	books.graica.com /Books-GayLesbian1-ParentingFamilies1/1555835430.html (1271 words)

	Heather Has Two Mommies
		Crystal Spirit Wolfrunner, one of Heather's mommies, took Heather on a photo safari to the
		Heather says she hopes you have learned something from this little book, that you didn't have to hop
		If you are worried that your writings may include some inappropriate language, the U.S. Air Force has prepared a helpful list of offensive terms for you.
	photo.net /zoo/index.html (796 words)

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		Leslea Newman’s book Heather Has Two Mommies is a story that depicts a multitude of different kinds of families.
		Both sides of the issue seem to agree that firstly, young children can’t understand the concept of sexuality in general, and secodly, it shouldn’t be discussed in detail until kids are older.
		Supporters of Heather Has Two Mommies, however, feel that the book simply recognizes and accepts differences, an important lesson for elementary school age children.
	www.english.iup.edu /eaware/bookbanning/heather.htm (220 words)

	Reason Magazine - Hit & Run > California Supreme Court Rules: Heather Has Two Mommies
		But, first, it's not wholly obvious that requiring genetic and legal parenthood to overlap in this way is the ideal way to go about that: The birth-mother might have a new partner who, in light of the previous waiver, would view herself as the child's second parent.
		Can two people enter a contract defining their relation to a third person who does not yet exist, and does that contract bind the unborn third person?
		In this instance it would appear that the state is acting on behalf of the child, who is not party to the contract.
	www.reason.com /blog/show/110667.html (1301 words)

	Cosmic Iguana - Voice of the Evil Doers: BABY CHENEY HAS TWO MOMMIES
		ROBERT YOUNG PELTON CLAIMS U.S....Mary Cheney, 37, and her partner of 15 years, Heather Poe, 45, are expecting a baby, said Lea Anne McBride, a spokeswoman for the vice president.
		I'm thinking: Heather has Two Mommies now in its tenth anniversary edition.
		Maybe we could inscribe a thank you to the Cheneys for all their help in increasing the civility of discourse since the book was introduced.
	www.cosmiciguana.com /2006/12/baby_cheney_has_two_mommies.html (190 words)

	The history Heather Has Two Mommies ... from Alyson Books
		Newman, who is a lesbian, wrote Heather, her first children’s book, in 1989 as a favor to a lesbian mother who couldn’t find any books for kids on the subject.
		She initially published Heather herself and sold it from her living room, until Alyson Publications (which specializes in gay literature) bought the book in 1990.
		Heather gives each of her mommies two big kisses.’ and on and on and on.
	www.alyson.com /html/00_files/00_ednote/0400/0400heather10_03_int.html (2273 words)

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