Anthropomorphism, run amok

Geez, is these people's "gaydar," faulty as it apparently is, never turned off?

SAVANNAH, Mo. - A children's book about two male penguins that raise a baby penguin has been moved to the nonfiction section of two public library branches after parents complained it had homosexual undertones.

The illustrated book, "And Tango Makes Three," is based on a true story of two male penguins, named Roy and Silo, who adopted an abandoned egg at New York City's Central Park Zoo in the late 1990s.

The book, written by Peter Parnell and Justin Richardson, was moved from the children's section at two Rolling Hills' Consolidated Library's branches in Savannah and St. Joseph in northwest Missouri.

Two parents had expressed concerns about the book last month.

Barbara Read, the Rolling Hills' director, said experts report that adoptions aren't unusual in the penguin world. However, moving the book to the nonfiction section would decrease the chance that it would "blindside" readers, she said.

Strange logic that...as fiction it is a dangerous affront to parents' delicate sensibilities, but as nonfiction, not so much? Hmmm.

Nevertheless, lucky thing this threesome didn't hit the silver screen in These Great Times. Imagine the howling that would have ensued among the culture warriors over the Hollywood elite's preying on their sons' frail heterosexuality. Brokeback Mountain with an adoption angle! And entirely fictional, as well. Yikes.