Gay Penguin Book Shakes Up Ill. School

Oh, good. Imbue penguins with anthropomorphic qualities, then lynch 'em.

Helloooo scapegoat! "I don't hate homosexuals. Just homosexual penguins!"

Book would simply teach kids something they should be aware of about life, nature of the world they live in and tolerance! Silly parents...

They're right to ban this. Last time I read about the three little pigs, I was having ass orgies with farm girls for a week. And I was only 9.

This is ridiculous. They talk about how the "sexuality" of the book is inappropriate for children as if it's full of gay pride parades and sex.

Should we ban Goldilocks because it involves a heterosexual bear couple?

"Hey guys, we acknowledge that you exist, and that we're equal, but please exist and be equal to us somewhere else."

I want it blocked, too!

Stupid gay penguins are ruining our glorious capitalist
christian nation!!!
Stupid gaybob homos....

(christ.....why do people even *care* anymore about sexual
orientation.......Haven't we evolved past this now?
That's so Hitler-ish...)

If gay parents are so awful and turn out horrible children then just
look at the record of "straight" couples turning out children....
Probably about the same, I'd guess.

I really wish people would just get over themselves....

To use the words from the article:

So, this mother wants to moderate what her child is exposed to... because she doesn't think that her child is mature enough to be exposed to "love" yet?

I'm just sick of penguins... can that be a basis for banning it? How about some gay hedgehogs? Or platypi... I could go with platypi...

ZOMG GAYZOR PENGUINS LAME!

The national level of discource on homosexuality is about on the level of a blizzard forum.

Penguins are fuzzy.

This kind of stuff used to really piss me off. Now I feel like it's a Daily Show interview or something from Borat and all you have to do is turn on a microphone and these people make complete idiotic asses of themselves. It's comical.

Instead of putting gays back in the closet I'd like to thank these people for doing more to help gays and lesbians get their God given rights since Anita Byrant. Somebody please hand them some matches so we can get some footage of them burning this soon to be a best seller.

Like they say in the article, banning this book would be ridiculous. Honestly I think the one librarian was smart to move it to the non-fiction section. It was a smart and simple solution to a problem. If its based on actual events this avoids censorship and keeps the book available to children that want to learn something about real life occurrences.

This all rests on whether you think the government should teach children what the government and special interest groups want to teach them......or what parents themselves want their children to learn.

The supreme court should enact some sort of law banning same-sex penguin couples from having kids...

At first I thought this was another crazy story but then I looked at the picture.

These penguins had no clothes on! Kid should not be exposed to naked penguins.

All right... but what is the opinion of the penguin society around the world? We can find penguins already in every corners of our planet, thanks to the zoos, I think they must to define their position concerning this CASE. Are they really similars to the HUMAN BEING? Because the fact that two male penguins adopte (?) a little one, could have a totally different meaning in a totally different culture, isn't it? Maybe we can not have any idea what could it mean, because of our narrow mind. World is full of unexplained misteries, yeah.

"I've not spoken with anyone who says to get rid of it," Del Pinto said. "Of course, we know the kids eventually are going to learn about the homosexual lifestyle. That's not the issue. Please let us decide when our kids are ready. Please let us parent our kids."

Who's stopping ya?

The book just needs a warning on the front of:

This book contains mild gay penguin references and may not be suitable for children with stupid, overprotective or intolerant parents.

coincidentally, I watched the BBC "Planet Earth" episode 6 Ice Worlds a few days back on Emperor Penguins.

It was fascinating. The role the male penguin plays in nurturing the young is also truly phenomenal.

Basically,

1. Just before winter: All the penguins march about 100 miles inland to a breeding ground and mate.

2. The female hatches an egg and passes it carefully to the male who covers it with a sort of pouch thingy.

3. The females march back to sea.

4. For weeks on end the males huddle together, through the freezing winter stroms, without food, trying to keep the egg warm. This was amazing to watch. As they all made everchanging huge huddles during terrible antarctic storms

5. The sun returns and the eggs hatch

6. The females return and regurgitate up some food for the baby. And takes the baby back from the exact same male she mated with. Some males are fairly reluctant to give up their baby.

Anyway, it is certainly no myth that male emperor Penguins make great parents.

The Planet Earth series is great viewing.

"when the zookeeper said the two penguins must be in love."

"That's when I ended the story," she said.

Can't have the children learning about *love*! I guess it's okay when it's "Lady and the Tramp."

Let us remind ourselves that the book is about animals which are inferior to human and that it is our responsibility as Human Beings to educate our children on the facts of life. Even if the Book is ban what is to stop our children from learning about Homosexuality. This is why it is important for parents to talk to there Children and their Educators about these matters.

Answer me this when was the last time you saw a male dog trying to hump a female dog.

Every one laughs it off when the see two male dogs trying to do each other, or for that matter humping anything, but when its based on a true story of two male penguins in New York City's Central Park Zoo that adopted a fertilized egg and raised the chick as their own it turns serious. Why not tell the children the two male penguins are uncles or bothers raising their dead relatives child.

And they all proceed to wonder why so many people don't accept homosexuality with a passion..maybe because we're telling them it's wrong from the moment they are exposed to it....these children don't have a choice....

I, personally think that penguin lust is normal and natural. I fully support penguin lust.

Why don't these people object to drug ads discussing erections lasting more than four hours. As a parent, I'd take the penguin issues over the Levitra. What kind of conversation starter is that to air in nightly prime time. It's all so much BS and mock ethics.

"My dear penguins, we stand upon a great threshold! It's alright to be scared; most of you won't be coming back. But, thanks to Batman, the time has come to punish ALL of God's children! 1st, 2nd, 3rd AND 4th-born! Why be biased? Male and female! Hell, the sexes are equal with their erogenous zones BLOWN SKY HIGH! FORWARD MARCH! THE LIBERATION OF GOTHAM HAS BEGUN! "