This week marks the 26th Annual Banned Book Week (September 29 – October 6). According to the American Library Association (ALA), more than a book a day is challenged as unsuitable for public access in schools and libraries. During Banned Book Week, thousands of libraries and bookstores throughout the nation will celebrate the freedom to read.

And Tango Makes Three, a book about two male penguins parenting an egg topped the ALA’s list of most challenged books in 2006 by parents and administrators, due to homosexual themes. In fact, four of the top ten books were challenged due to homosexual …read more