Oklahomans for Equality is pleased that the Union Public School District of Tulsa County on Wednesday evening voted 3 to 1 to keep the book “Buster’s Sugartime” on the shelf and available to students. The book by author Marc Brown was featured on an episode of the “Postcards from Buster” series on PBS. Some parents were opposed to the children’s book because of it’s depiction of a child with two parents of the same gender.
Nancy McDonald president of PFLAG Tulsa says ” Our society embraces all kinds of families. Those “families” take on many different combinations such as, opposite sex, single parent, grandparents, same-sex and those families can be made up of different races, religions, cultures, ages, and sexual orientation. It is so important that young children have opportunities to see “their” families displayed in reading materials, movies, plays, print, and to know that the most important thing is that they are loved, cared for, and valued no matter what their family structure is.”
OkEq President Toby Jenkins has said “this courageous school board is now our heroes in Tulsa, please let them know we applaud their brave and just decision.” You many contact the Union Public School Board by emailing Secretary Beverly Thummel thummel.beverly@unionps.org. You may also send written letters to Union Public Schools Education Service Center located at 8506 E. 61st St. Tulsa, Oklahoma 74133. If you are in the District 9 Independent Union School District please include that in your
