It's about time someone took a stand against gay penguins. Those characters who march around on the bottom of the world in their rainbow-colored tuxedos need to be knocked down a peg. And Singapore is just the country to do it.
According to a BBC News story, the Singapore Library Board has banned a children's book that tells the true story of a pair of male penguins at the Central Park Zoo who team up to raise a penguin chick. Not only did the Library Board ban the book, but they ordered all existing copies to be destroyed. Good idea. You can't let a book like that accidentally fall into the public's hands. This is clearly a shocking story that flies in the face of traditional penguin family values.
The Board's action isn't universally popular, and there are petition drives to have the decision reversed. The gay penguin lobby seems pretty well-organized in Singapore. Oh, and the lobby for all humans who want the government to stay out of their bedrooms is on the case, too. You see, in Singapore, gay sex is still illegal, and there's a push for that law to be overturned.
It's stories like this that make the right to free expression and freedom from censorship so valuable. Sure, some people are offended by the gay rights movement. Sure, some people are offended by the gay penguin book. It's called And Tango Makes Three, by the way, if you want to buy it to read or buy it to cluck your tongue at the perverted exploits of homosexual waterfowl. But the beauty of freedom is that it's up to you to decide what literature or movies or music you want to be exposed to. So take advantage of your freedom and pick up a book that's been banned in at least one country. Then savor the thrill of being a rebel.
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