A Matter of Grave Concern........

[Texan]

Folks, I don't make 'em up. It's just my intent to keep you informed.


"Gay" Penguins Spark Protest
Fri Feb 11, 2005 05:13 PM GMT

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."

© Reuters 2005. All Rights Reserved.



Not sure if these are the special couples or not. Hard for me to tell.....

 

[cowgirl580]

what'll they think of next? this is kind of like saving the prairie dogs and calling them an endangered species. i'd like to endanger them things. who really gives a rat's behind if they are gay or not. maybe they oughta increase the female pop instead.

 

[ranchwife]

ya know, with all the other horrific things going on in the world, it is hard to believe that a group of people have time to protest zoo workers figuring out the "sexual orientation" of a flock of penguins!!! these folks need to get a REAL life for heaven's sake!! almost too funny to believe!!!

 

[brokenmouth]

TExan your not exhibiting the proper sensitivity. whats wrong with them. not all penguins can be from red states. its real simple here you happen to have some blue state penguins. leave em alone theyre just trying to celebrate their diversity. some of em are just unreconstructed hippies left over from too much dope and experimentation, some are unsure of their orientation and on a quest of self discovery, and some claim to have been born that way. the rednecks at the zoo just didnt realize the penguins were having gay pride week at the antarctic exhibit. besides its not easy tellin which are queer and which are normal. you know, them not being very sexually dimorphic. kind of like humans in the blue states

 

[Cattle Rack Rancher]

TExan your not exhibiting the proper sensitivity. whats wrong with them. not all penguins can be from red states. its real simple here you happen to have some blue state penguins. leave em alone theyre just trying to celebrate their diversity. some of em are just unreconstructed hippies left over from too much dope and experimentation, some are unsure of their orientation and on a quest of self discovery, and some claim to have been born that way. the rednecks at the zoo just didnt realize the penguins were having gay pride week at the antarctic exhibit. besides its not easy tellin which are queer and which are normal. you know, them not being very sexually dimorphic. kind of like humans in the blue states

HAHAHAHA

 

[Ryan]

Its amazing what some people will find to protest about.