Children Without Mothers

Marjorie Campbell, marjorie@marjoriecampbell.com

Now we know.  All of the Democratic candidates for President approve of reading aloud to public school 2nd graders the "same-sex" happy-ever-after marriage fairy tale King & King - in which an unlikeable queen nags her son to marry, drawing his sigh, "Very well, Mother.... I must say, though, I've never cared much for princesses" while his young page knowingly winks.  His pursuit results in the title King & King - as well as the 2004 sequel King & King & Family, aimed at 4-8 year olds.  Presumably, the Dems would have no objection reading aloud to preschoolers how the now honeymooning King Bertie and King Lee acquire a runaway little girl "from the jungle", making them the happy-ever-after family. 

But I object. 

I object on behalf of children everywhere who, with the sexualizing Culture of Adult Desire foisted involuntarily and innocently upon them, are disallowed even the wanting of a mother - as though "mother" is a mere social construct that can be whisked away with a well-drawn fairy tale of marriage configured to provide for adult sexual desires.  Even the politically correct reviewers note some reserve, murmuring in passing that " children may wonder why the men do not try to find the little girl's family, or check to see if anyone is searching for her."  You think so?

My heart breaks for the children upon whom we visit this next great social experiment.   How does the politically correct teacher, anxious over lawsuits and parent complaints, respond to a teary 5-year-old who dares to say, "Oh she lost her mommy.  I feel so sorry for her, she doesn't have a mommy!  Why didn't they help her find her mommy?"  More likely, the children will quickly learn that such questions "hurt other childrens' feelings" and are not proper.  As one friend said to me recently, "Marjorie, children are going to have to learn to adjust to these changes."

I doubt it.  More likely, the DSMs of the future will have to adjust categories to accommodate the little children who are not suppose to watch the upsetting death of Bambi's mother yet clap happily when a little girl loses her own mother to be adopted by two gay men.  (You might recall that the death scene of Bambi's mother was edited out in a 2006 broadcast of the movie because it caused too many children such distress.)  We know much about the disaster of boys raised without fathers - do we really have to prove that girls need their mothers?

Who will speak up for these children?