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Gay penguins expelled from zoo colony for stealing eggs are given their own to look after following animal rights protest  | Mail Online
Gay penguins expelled from zoo colony for stealing eggs are given their own to look after following animal rights protest | Mail Online
By Caroline Graham Last updated at 4:13 PM on 15th December 2008 A pair of gay penguins thrown out of their zoo colony for repeatedly stealing eggs have been given some of their own to look after following a protest by animal rights groups. Last month the birds were segregated after they were ...
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The Corner on National Review Online — ... ] Steyn, I'm just going to pass this one off to you. A pair of gay penguins thrown out of their zoo colony for repeatedly stealing eggs have been given some of their own to look after following a protest by animal rights groups. Last month the birds were segregated after they were caught placing stones at the feet of parents before waddling away with their eggs. But angry visitors to Polar Land in Harbin, northern China, complained it wasn't fair to stop the couple from becoming surrogate fathers and urged zoo bosses to give them a chance. ...

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The Moderate Voice — ... Well, it looks like penguins can once again serve as a metaphor for culture war social issues. A couple of gay penguins in a zoo in China have been thrown out of their colony for trying to steal the eggs of other parent couples (”I told you so,” the social conservatives will say). Zoo officials removed the two male penguins from the rest (invoking the little-known Zoo Proposition to prevent them from stealing eggs and ruining the sanctity of hetero penguin marriage. ...

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Brainster's Blog — The Gay Penguins Story I couldn't resist linking this: A pair of gay penguins thrown out of their zoo colony for repeatedly stealing eggs have been given some of their own to look after following a protest by animal rights groups. Last month the birds were segregated after they were caught placing stones at the feet of parents before waddling away with their eggs. But angry visitors to Polar Land in Harbin, northern China, complained it wasn't fair to stop the couple from becoming surrogate fathers and urged zoo bosses to give ...

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Shakesville — ... is about two gay male penguins who were given eggs to hatch and "turned out to be the best parents in the whole zoo," resulting in the zoo—Polar Land in ...

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The AgitatorEat it, Santorum: A pair of gay penguins thrown out of their zoo colony for repeatedly stealing eggs have been given some of their own to look after following a protest by animal rights groups. Last month the birds were segregated after they were caught  placing stones at the feet of parents before waddling away with their eggs. But angry visitors to Polar Land in Harbin, northern China, complained it wasn’t fair to stop the couple from becoming surrogate fathers and urged zoo bosses to give them a chance. In response, zookeepers gave the ...

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Shakesville: And all I could think when I was reading this story was how extraordinarily f*&ked up it is that, if you want to be a parent, you're better off being a gay male penguin in China than a gay male human in Arkansas . I wonder what Governor Huckabee would have to say about all ...