How old should a child be before she is taught about... gay penguins? What about gay penguins raising a chick together?
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 book's availability to children — and the reluctance of school administrators to restrict access to it.
The concerns are the latest involving "And Tango Makes Three," the illustrated children's book based on a true story of two male penguins in New York City's Central Park Zoo that adopted a fertilized egg and raised the chick as their own.
Complaining about the book's homosexual undertones, some parents of Shiloh Elementary School students believe the book — available to be checked out of the school's library in this 11,000-resident town 20 miles east of St. Louis — tackles topics their children aren't ready to handle.
Their request: Move the book to the library's regular shelves and restrict it to a section for mature issues, perhaps even requiring parental permission before a child can check it out.
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 district's attorney said moving it might be construed as censorship.
Filyaw considers the book "adorable" and age appropriate, written for children ages 4 to 8.
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The article has a link to a slideshow of 51 penguin pictures....
I saw this material at the fabric section at Wal-Mart in Newmarket, Ontario in Canada. The fabric label reads "100% unknown."
It would be a good idea to figure out what the fabric is made of before they decide to sell it, let alone make a label for it.
There's a picture of the label. The label also says, "Luxury Fur Assortment."
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Blanket (Prince Michael II)
Maybe he's using the lesser-known French pronunciation
Blahn-kay.
I'm trying to think of swank hotels. There was that one in Century City. And the one in Princeton. I blank on the names.
More coffee need.
I saw this material at the fabric section at Wal-Mart in Newmarket, Ontario in Canada. The fabric label reads "100% unknown."
Hee. My father used to have a shirt that was "100% used cloth."
You know, Suri really is a pretty baby, and Katie looks wonderful, but although the new 'do really suits her, I can't look at her haircut too long, without going to a
Rosemary's Baby
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You know, Suri really is a pretty baby, and Katie looks wonderful, but although the new 'do really suits her, I can't look at her haircut too long, without going to a Rosemary's Baby sort of place.
That is the first clear picture of both of his older children that I've ever seen. They are really, really good looking kids, too.
You know, Suri really is a pretty baby
It freaks me out that they're combing her bangs forward just like his.
It freaks me out that they're combing her bangs forward just like his.
It's so you know it's his.
What freaks me out is how much fuss is being made over this. Are there that many Scientologists in Hollywood that they're all turning out for the "royal" wedding?
