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"Gay" penguins spark protest (Gays object male/female pairing)
Yahoo ^ | 2/11/05

Posted on 02/11/2005 10:24:21 AM PST by KidGlock

"Gay" penguins spark protest

1 hour, 4 minutes ago

BERLIN (Reuters) - A plan by a German zoo to test the sexual appetites of a group of suspected homosexual penguins has sparked outrage among gay and lesbian groups, who fear zookeepers might force them to turn straight.

"All sorts of gay and lesbian associations have been e-mailing and calling in to protest," said a spokesman for the zoo in the northwestern city of Bremerhaven on Friday.

He said the zoo concluded the penguins might be gay after seeing male penguins trying to mate with other males and trying to hatch offspring out of stones.

German media reported that female Swedish penguins would be brought to the zoo to test the theory, but when word got out about the plan, the phones started ringing.

"Nobody here is trying to break-up same sex pairs by force," the zoo's director Heike Kueck told public broadcaster NDR. "We don't know if the three male pairs are really gay or just got together because of a lack of females."


TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: gayparanoia; homosexual; homosexualagenda; penguicide; penguins; zoo; zoology
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1 posted on 02/11/2005 10:24:22 AM PST by KidGlock
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To: KidGlock

You can't make this stuff up.


2 posted on 02/11/2005 10:26:38 AM PST by thoughtomator (reporting from Cylon-occupied Caprica)
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To: KidGlock

Already has a thread:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1339720/posts


3 posted on 02/11/2005 10:26:45 AM PST by polymuser
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To: polymuser

Maybe they are bi?


4 posted on 02/11/2005 10:27:30 AM PST by Jay777 (Join The Resistance at www.stoptheaclu.org)
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To: KidGlock

This proves we are approaching the "End Times".


5 posted on 02/11/2005 10:27:40 AM PST by Semper Paratus
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To: KidGlock

This is one of the funniest things I've read in ages! thanks for the good laugh. I didn't realize gay rights extend to penguins!


6 posted on 02/11/2005 10:28:07 AM PST by free_european
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To: KidGlock
"We don't know if the three male pairs are really gay or just got together because of a lack of females."

Gee, what are the chances that is the case? I'm curious to know currently how many females are in there with them as it is now. And if I recall correctly, penguins pick a mate and stick with them for life.
7 posted on 02/11/2005 10:28:22 AM PST by kx9088
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To: polymuser

Different story


8 posted on 02/11/2005 10:29:04 AM PST by free_european
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To: KidGlock
"A plan by a German zoo to test the sexual appetites of a group of suspected homosexual penguins has sparked outrage among gay and lesbian groups, who fear zookeepers might force them to turn straight."

Does anybody know the exact day that Hell was loosed and took over the earth?

9 posted on 02/11/2005 10:29:22 AM PST by TheCrusader ("the frenzy of the Mohammedans has devastated the Churches of God" - Pope Urban II, 1097 A.D.)
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To: KidGlock

If the Swedish females won't do it,nothing will!


10 posted on 02/11/2005 10:29:24 AM PST by Mears ("Call me irresponsible")
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To: KidGlock

What do you expect? Always trotting around in those little tuxedos... Way too well dressed to be straight.


11 posted on 02/11/2005 10:29:24 AM PST by cspackler (There are 10 kinds of people in this world, those who understand binary and those who don't.)
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To: Mears

(whistling, waiting for someone to post volleyball team pictures....)


12 posted on 02/11/2005 10:30:20 AM PST by cspackler (There are 10 kinds of people in this world, those who understand binary and those who don't.)
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To: KidGlock

Reminds me of the South Park episode where the went to Big Gay Bob's Big Gay Animal Park.


13 posted on 02/11/2005 10:30:48 AM PST by Jersey Republican Biker Chick (Never play leapfrog with a unicorn!)
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To: KidGlock

I wonder at what point in your life you decide to become a gay penguin researcher.....


14 posted on 02/11/2005 10:30:57 AM PST by Modernman (What is moral is what you feel good after. - Ernest Hemingway)
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To: polymuser
But that one didn't focus on the protests by homosexuals.

I love the line: But introducing the Bremerhaven penguins to their new Swedish friends may not be as successful as hoped after earlier experiments revealed great difficulties in separating homosexual couples.

Have they tried a crowbar?

15 posted on 02/11/2005 10:32:12 AM PST by KarlInOhio (Blackwell for Governor 2006: hated by the 'Rats, feared by the RINOs.)
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To: KidGlock

16 posted on 02/11/2005 10:32:26 AM PST by Recovering Hermit
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To: kx9088
These brilliant zoo keepers didn't know the sex of these dudes for years and now they're just coming up with this garbage? I think SOMEONE knew all the time and this whole scenario is a planned farce.

Don't bring more penguins into this farce. Put the penguins back in their natural habitat and get them out of this "prison" situation.

17 posted on 02/11/2005 10:32:29 AM PST by Sacajaweau (God Bless Our Troops!!)
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To: polymuser

Thanks for your "already posted here" comments.

But tell me, where in your story does it say that gays were protesting the move by zoo keepers?

Maybe next time you should read before you comment.


18 posted on 02/11/2005 10:32:38 AM PST by KidGlock (W-1)
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To: Modernman

LOL! Is there a degree in "gay penguin research"?


19 posted on 02/11/2005 10:32:42 AM PST by Izzy Dunne (Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
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To: cspackler
Always trotting around in those little tuxedos

Maybe they are Metrosexuals. :)

20 posted on 02/11/2005 10:32:47 AM PST by just me (Over 59,000,000 Americans voted not to negotiate with terrorist.....)
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