A Miami-Dade judge says foster parents Martin Gill and his partner can adopt
two brothers they have cared for since 2004. AP
Posted on 11/29/2008 5:26:14 AM PST by cmdjing
A couple of gay penguins are attempting to steal eggs from straight birds in an effort to become "fathers", it has been reported. The two penguins have started placing stones at the feet of parents before waddling away with their eggs, in a bid to hide their theft. But the deception has been noticed by other penguins at the zoo, who have ostracised the gay couple from their group. Now keepers have decided to segregate the pair of three-year-old male birds to avoid disrupting the rest of the community during the hatching season. A keeper at Polar Land in Harbin, north east China explained that the gay couple had the natural urge to become fathers, despite their sexuality. "One of the responsibilities of being a male adult is looking after the eggs. Despite this being a biological impossibility for this couple, the natural desire is still there," a keeper told the Austrian Times newspaper. "It's not discrimination. We have to fence them separately, otherwise the whole group will be disturbed during hatching time," he added. There are numerous examples of homosexuality in the animal kingdom, but gay penguins have captured the public's attention more than any other species. A German zoo provoked outrage from gay lobby groups after attempting to mate a group of gay male penguins with Swedish female birds who were flown in especially to seduce them. But the project was abandoned after the males refused to be "turned", showing no interest in their would-be mates. In 2002 a couple of penguins at a New York zoo who had been together for eight years were "outed" when keepers noticed that they were both males.
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This behavior has been observed in human populations, as well.
They claim it is about consenting adults in private but I never have heard just when they ask an adopted child to consent to being raised in an alternative lifestyle home by two members of the same sex.
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Gay “adoption” is permitted in the UK.
This whole bit about animals behaving this way sounds like hearsay...
... based on statements by people with no agenda whatsoever, right?
Seems like a very contrived template.
The two penguins have started placing stones at the feet of parents before waddling away with their eggs, in a bid to hide their theft. But the deception has been noticed by other penguins at the zoo, who have ostracised the gay couple from their group.
Penguins are smarter and have better ethics than America.
Notice first, that this is a zoo and that these birds may have been influenced by contact with humans. Second,that they did ostracize the offenders. It seems that anthropomorphism and projection can work both ways.
Is this an article that they said Doh! after they published it?
It’s “allowed” anywhere that a single person can adopt.
Do they have parades?
its permitted here and it happens in droves (though not in all states.)
No penguin basters available?
I need a new keyboard, and cup of coffee.
I know. Did they have big boobs and blond hair?
I don’t know if that picture makes me more sick, or angry.
“Do they have parades?”
What, you didn’t see “March of the Penguins”?
Below a link to a game called “Save the Egg”. Oh sure it looks like a fun little penguin game, but it is CLEARLY gay penguin indoctrination!
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/marchofthepenguins/game/
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