Either,
1. This is an urban legend;
2. This is a parody of homophobic hysteria; or
3. The parents *real* objection is that the farmer takes *only one* wife.
>>The issue arose after scores of parents complained that children in the
>>kindergarten class at Brigham Elementary were being led in a game which
>>mimicked same-sex marriages. At issue was the game "The Farmer in the
>>Dell."
>>
>>Renee Mott, the accused kindergarten teacher, explained: "The class is
>>way over-balanced with girls. I mean, we have lots more girls than
>>boys.
>>Sometimes it just happens that way, it's just chance. So when we play
>>Farmer in the Dell, sometimes I let a girl go first, so that everybody
>>gets a turn."
>>
>>The problem arises with the next line of the children's song: "the
>>farmer
>>takes a wife." The girl-farmer would often choose another little girl to
>>join her in the circle as the "farmer's wife."
Regards,
Tom Walker
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