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Friday, November 17, 2006
Tango Makes Three

The "christian" parents in Illinois are upset.

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.

I've got news for you parents: it isn't the children who aren't ready to handle the topic.

For those mature enough to handle the topic, there's this.

Written at 7:48 AM by Lynne.
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