Ban a book about penguins? (Faith, Hope, and Love)

There is a book out about a true story of two male penguins that took in an orphaned egg and raised the chick in New York's Central Park Zoo. Some people want the book banned because they see it as implying that the two adult penguins are gay.

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I think it would depend on how the book is written, you know.. Rhetorical language, although not blatantly expressing a point, can make very clear implications as to the true intention of the author... The author's intent is really what it all boils down to.

Okay...Did a little research on the author, Justin Richardson:

I think the purpose of the book becomes quite clear now:

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Celebrate summer at the Brooklyn Children's Museum! Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender families and their friends are invited to join us for an evening garden party. Meet and mingle as you explore the Museum and our new exhibit access/ABILITY. Members are eligible to win exciting raffle prizes!
On hand will be HGLC's Justin Richardson and his life partner and co-author Dartmouth GALA's Peter Parnell to sign copies of their children's book "And Tango Makes Three," a delightful new book about two gay penguins raising a chick.

And Tango Makes Three tells young children (ages 4-8) the completely true story of Tango, the first penguin to have two dads. You may have read in the New York Times last year about Roy and Silo, two male penguins who live in the Central Park Zoo and who made headlines because they courted each other, built a nest together, and most important, longed to hatch a chick. They so wanted a chick that they found a rock that looked like an egg, brought it to their nest, and tried to hatch it. When a sensitive zookeeper realized what they were doing, he slipped a fertilized egg into Roy and Silo's nest. The result was their daughter, Tango, whom they raised like any other penguin couple, making them the first "gay" family at the zoo.

Looked up HGLC and it stands for Harvard Gay and Lesbian Caucus

QUOTE (Stringaling @ Aug 29 2007, 02:47 PM)

Okay...Did a little research on the author, Justin Richardson:

I think the purpose of the book becomes quite clear now:

QUOTE

Celebrate summer at the Brooklyn Children's Museum! Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender families and their friends are invited to join us for an evening garden party. Meet and mingle as you explore the Museum and our new exhibit access/ABILITY. Members are eligible to win exciting raffle prizes!
On hand will be HGLC's Justin Richardson and his life partner and co-author Dartmouth GALA's Peter Parnell to sign copies of their children's book "And Tango Makes Three," a delightful new book about two gay penguins raising a chick.

And Tango Makes Three tells young children (ages 4-8) the completely true story of Tango, the first penguin to have two dads. You may have read in the New York Times last year about Roy and Silo, two male penguins who live in the Central Park Zoo and who made headlines because they courted each other, built a nest together, and most important, longed to hatch a chick. They so wanted a chick that they found a rock that looked like an egg, brought it to their nest, and tried to hatch it. When a sensitive zookeeper realized what they were doing, he slipped a fertilized egg into Roy and Silo's nest. The result was their daughter, Tango, whom they raised like any other penguin couple, making them the first "gay" family at the zoo.

Looked up HGLC and it stands for Harvard Gay and Lesbian Caucus

Good info string.
I wouldn't allow my child to read a book about two same sexed parents...This book went about it a different way... :nono:

QUOTE (Keneke @ Aug 29 2007, 07:22 PM)

QUOTE (Stringaling @ Aug 29 2007, 02:47 PM)

Okay...Did a little research on the author, Justin Richardson:

I think the purpose of the book becomes quite clear now:

QUOTE

Celebrate summer at the Brooklyn Children's Museum! Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender families and their friends are invited to join us for an evening garden party. Meet and mingle as you explore the Museum and our new exhibit access/ABILITY. Members are eligible to win exciting raffle prizes!
On hand will be HGLC's Justin Richardson and his life partner and co-author Dartmouth GALA's Peter Parnell to sign copies of their children's book "And Tango Makes Three," a delightful new book about two gay penguins raising a chick.

And Tango Makes Three tells young children (ages 4-8) the completely true story of Tango, the first penguin to have two dads. You may have read in the New York Times last year about Roy and Silo, two male penguins who live in the Central Park Zoo and who made headlines because they courted each other, built a nest together, and most important, longed to hatch a chick. They so wanted a chick that they found a rock that looked like an egg, brought it to their nest, and tried to hatch it. When a sensitive zookeeper realized what they were doing, he slipped a fertilized egg into Roy and Silo's nest. The result was their daughter, Tango, whom they raised like any other penguin couple, making them the first "gay" family at the zoo.

Looked up HGLC and it stands for Harvard Gay and Lesbian Caucus

Good info string.
I wouldn't allow my child to read a book about two same sexed parents...This book went about it a different way... :nono:

Right......if it was presented in a factual way, like a "Wild Kingdom" type of thing, that's one thing.

This way? Especially with the background String so kindly presented to us? B)

No way Jose......... :bored:

WIKIPEDIA summed it up pretty well...

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This book teaches children that it's okay to be in or know someone who has an alternative family, not the "traditional" family.

Kind of off topic, but I remember reading in a book about environmental pollution that near a certain river male birds (forgot the type) would build nests together and sit there waiting for an egg to show up somehow.

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