Children’s Book About Same-Sex Penguin Couple That Hatch A Chick Together

Sunday, February 17, 2008

Children’s Book About Same-Sex Penguin Couple That Hatch A Chick Together

By Anna on February 17, 2008 at 06:23 pm

LEESBURG, Va. — A children’s book about two male penguins that hatch a chick together has been pulled from school library shelves in Loudoun County, Virginia.

Parents complained that the book has a gay agenda and have called for its removal. But supporters say the book’s removal is censorship.

The decision by Superintendent Edgar Hatrick is being criticized by many parents and gay rights advocates. They say the school system shouldn’t have allowed one complaint to limit children’s literary choices.

The 2005 book is called “And Tango Makes Three.” It draws on the real-life story of Roy and Silo, two chinstrap penguins at the Central Park Zoo in New York.

A spokesman for the Loudoun schools said Hatrick thought the book’s content might not be developmentally appropriate for some students.

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Parents complained that the book has a gay agenda…

The Gay Agenda

7:45 a.m. Alarm rings

8:00 a.m.-8:10 a.m. Take shower

8:15 a.m.-8:30 a.m. Dress and put items into briefcase

8:35 a.m. Leave house

8:45 a.m. Starbucks

9:00 a.m. Arrive at job

12:00 p.m. Lunch with a co-worker. Perhaps Chili’s?

12:45 p.m. Return to job

1:30 p.m.-2:30 p.m. Meeting

5:00 p.m. Leave work

5:30 p.m.-6:30 p.m. Work out in gym

7:00 p.m. Return home

7:20 p.m. Prepare and eat dinner

8:00 p.m. Watch Law & Order on TNT

11:00 p.m. Go to sleep

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Todd on February 18, 2008 at 12:46 pm

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I think penguins are getting far too much exposure in popular culture these days.

"There are different kinds of truths for different kinds of people. There are truths appropriate for children; truths that are appropriate for students; truths that are appropriate for educated adults; and truths that are appropriate for highly educated adults, and the notion that there should be one set of truths available to everyone is a modern democratic fallacy. It doesn’t work.”

Irving Kristol

MikeAdamson on February 18, 2008 at 03:13 pm