Posted on 11/17/2006 12:27:32 PM PST by beaversmom
SHILOH, Ill. - A picture book about two male penguins raising a baby penguin is getting a chilly reception among some parents who worry about the books availability to children and the reluctance of school administrators to restrict access to it.
Complaining about the books homosexual undertones, some parents of Shiloh Elementary School students believe the book available to be checked out of the schools library in this 11,000-resident town 20 miles east of St. Louis tackles topics their children arent ready to handle.
For now, "And Tango Makes Three" will stay put, said school district Superintendent Jennifer Filyaw, though a panel she appointed suggested the book be moved and require parental permission to be checked out. The districts attorney said moving it might be construed as censorship.
"My feeling is that a library is to serve an entire population," she said. "It means you represent different families in a society different religions, different beliefs."
"Thats when I ended the story," she said.
"I wasnt armed with pitchforks or anything. I innocently was seeking answers," Del Pinto said, agreeing with Filyaws belief that pulling the book from the shelves could constitute censorship.
Barbara Read, Rolling Hills director, has said she consulted with staff members at the Omaha, Neb., and Kansas City zoos and the University of Oklahomas zoology department, who told her adoptions arent unusual in the world of penguins.
The REAL Tango is VERY UPSET that his name has become associated with homosexuality...
Wonder if AIDS is rampant amongst the adoptive penguin society?
LOL!!!
OVERTONES. Words having meaning.
I hate to say this, bu his hair does look kind of pink. Are you sure you know Tango as well as you think you do?
The REAL Tango is VERY UPSET that his name has become associated with homosexuality...
It there anything lighter in the loafers...uh...I mean paws than an apricot miniture poodle??
LOL
What are you, some kind of colorist bigot?? :-P
I saw March Of The Penguins. One female tried to steal another mother's child when hers died. Another child was left to die when its mother and/or father died. They are animals.
Among other species it is not uncommon for the male or female parent to eat their own young. Using actions in the animal kingdom to justify immoral behavior among adult humans is disingenuous.
Ping--the cover looks nice but I don't think I'll be getting this for #2 boy even though he's a penguin lover.
I'm just going to offer this piece of advice--keep Tango on a very short leash :)
Maybe the biological mother wanted to pursue her career options.
Can two divorced penguins share an apartment without driving each other crazy?
Hey, thanks to embryonic stem cell therapy, we can now eat ours too.
Thanks for the ping. This was a good thread to end my stressed out week with!
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