CHICAGO (BP)--A children's book based on a te story about two "gay pengus" is g ncern om parents several schools and towns natnwi, and th far the ntroversy largely has ignored an important fact -- the pengus long ago spl up, wh one of them gog on to nt…
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- ‘GAY PENGUS’ BOOK STIRS NTROVERSY, IGNOR FULL STORY
- GAY PENGU BOOK STILL TOPPG ‘MOST BANNED’ LIST
- GAY PENGU BOOK AUTHORS SUE OVER BAN
- THE PENGU BOOK OF GAY SHORT STORI
‘GAY PENGUS’ BOOK STIRS NTROVERSY, IGNOR FULL STORY
Florida Hoe Bill 1557 "Parental Rights Edutn," which was dubbed by crics as the "don't say gay" bill. CHICAGO (BP)–A children’s book based on a te story about two “gay pengus” is g ncern om parents several schools and towns natnwi, and th far the ntroversy largely has ignored an important fact — the pengus long ago spl up, wh one of them gog on to nt wh the oppose sex.
GAY PENGU BOOK STILL TOPPG ‘MOST BANNED’ LIST
“Of urse, we know the kids eventually are gog to learn about the homosexual liftyle, ” she said. The book was published before the two pengus Throckmorton, associate profsor of psychology at Grove Cy College Pennsylvania, joked that Silo was the “world’s first ex-gay pengu. ”“At tim gay activists will e the animal kgdom to support the lk between naturalism and human sexualy, and yet when Silo … took up wh a female pengu, the gay activists were downplayg the importance of that, ” Throckmorton told Baptist Prs.
”Several years ago, when the news about Roy and Silo’s “gay relatnship broke, ” liberal activists quickly poted to as a supportg argument for “gay marriage” the human world. “Ined, if homosexual marriag exist the animal kgdom, they mt be normal. ”But Throckmorton said neher si of the “gay marriage” bate should “read too much to” the relatnship between Roy and Silo — whether the two pengus are together or apart.
GAY PENGU BOOK AUTHORS SUE OVER BAN
” –30– For rmatn about the natnal bate over “gay marriage, ” vis. The book, wrten by a gay uple, is based of the te story of pengus Roy and Silo, who formed a uple New York’s Central Park Zoo. The book has been acced of promotg homosexualy and beg ‘anti-fay’ as well as unsuable for s age group.
Dpe a shift popular opn on gay rights the US sce the book was first published, still managed to rank third on this year’s ALA list. Last year, a Kent zoo sisted that a pair of gay pengus who are raisg a baby together are dog a much better job than their straight unterparts. It also asks that the urt fd the overall “Don’t Say Gay” law unnstutnal on the basis that s rtrictns are “vague and/or overbroad.
“[‘Don’t Say Gay’] perms, and ankly enurag, viewpot discrimatn, and that’s exactly what happened s applitn, ” said Fah E.
THE PENGU BOOK OF GAY SHORT STORI
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