Gay Penguin goes Straight

[irishgrl]

here's the link

September 27, 2005

The Times

Gay icon causes a flap by picking up a female
By James Bone
A FAMOUS gay penguin at New York’s Central Park Zoo has reignited the “culture wars” over homosexuality by going straight.

Silo, a chinstrap penguin, had been in a six-year relationship with another 18-year-old male called Roy. The pair even raised a chick together when their keepers gave them a donated egg, after they tried unsuccessfully to hatch a rock.

The widely publicised story of the two males bringing up a baby, named Tango, made them gay icons. Their same-sex household was cited by liberals as a corrective to the traditional “family values” displayed by Emperor penguins in the hugely popular new documentary, The March of the Penguins, which has been hailed by Christian conservatives.

“If Emperor penguins are sending us a message about heterosexual marriage, then what are Roy and Silo doing?” The New York Times asked in an editorial. Their relationship even became the subject of a children’s book, sold at the zoo’s gift shop, entitled And Tango Makes Three.

But Silo walked out on Roy for a girlfriend from California called Scrappy, which moved to Central Park from San Diego’s SeaWorld. The new heterosexual couple built a nest and hang out by the pool, while Roy broods alone.

Liberals can take solace that there are still four other same-sex couples among the zoo’s 65 birds. Among them is Tango, which has paired for the last two seasons with Tazuni.

[Mari]

a BISEXUAL penguin!!

[GODDESS6]

i remember reading this when the penguin was gay, this is a too cute funny story~

[GateandGarden]

Damn it, Silo, you don't have to conform to society's ridiculous standards! Don't lie to yourself!

Well, I guess he is bi. Now people can argue about how that's not a real sexual orientation and it's just a phase for people who can't make up their minds. Of course, this is assuming that anyone takes it seriously.

[shackin'up]

I'm curious how Dissilossention and Strandintheroy respond to this hilarious thread.

[shackin'up]

Originally Posted by Mari

a BISEXUAL penguin!!

what else is new Mari!

[estranged4life]

Originally Posted by Mari

a BISEXUAL penguin!!

a bisexual goat named Stevie?

[Janet]

Originally Posted by GODDESS6

i remember reading this when the penguin was gay, this is a too cute funny story~

That avatar is priceless. Intense!

[chiliD]

Ok, so nobody has brought up the correllation of "Tango" & "Penguin"??

C'mon, people...you're getting slow if it takes the 9th post to draw that connection.

[GateandGarden]

Originally Posted by chiliD

Ok, so nobody has brought up the correllation of "Tango" & "Penguin"??

C'mon, people...you're getting slow if it takes the 9th post to draw that connection.

I noticed that but I thought it was too obvious. I thought someone would say, "Well, yeah, Hillary" and include the "rolleyes" emoticon. I think there's a book about these guys with Tango in the title, actually.

[GateandGarden]

Originally Posted by GateandGarden

I noticed that but I thought it was too obvious. I thought someone would say, "Well, yeah, Hillary" and including the "rolleyes" emoticon. I think there's a book about these guys with Tango in the title, actually.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...glance&s=books

[DavidMn]

Originally Posted by irishgrl

here's the link

September 27, 2005

The Times

Gay icon causes a flap by picking up a female
By James Bone
A FAMOUS gay penguin at New York’s Central Park Zoo has reignited the “culture wars” over homosexuality by going straight.

Silo, a chinstrap penguin, had been in a six-year relationship with another 18-year-old male called Roy. The pair even raised a chick together when their keepers gave them a donated egg, after they tried unsuccessfully to hatch a rock.

The widely publicised story of the two males bringing up a baby, named Tango, made them gay icons. Their same-sex household was cited by liberals as a corrective to the traditional “family values” displayed by Emperor penguins in the hugely popular new documentary, The March of the Penguins, which has been hailed by Christian conservatives.

“If Emperor penguins are sending us a message about heterosexual marriage, then what are Roy and Silo doing?” The New York Times asked in an editorial. Their relationship even became the subject of a children’s book, sold at the zoo’s gift shop, entitled And Tango Makes Three.

But Silo walked out on Roy for a girlfriend from California called Scrappy, which moved to Central Park from San Diego’s SeaWorld. The new heterosexual couple built a nest and hang out by the pool, while Roy broods alone.

Liberals can take solace that there are still four other same-sex couples among the zoo’s 65 birds. Among them is Tango, which has paired for the last two seasons with Tazuni.

We have penguin perversion here!!! Having a 6 year relationship with an 18 year old?!?!?!!? This sort of abomination must not stand!!!!!