Penguin Lust

I am saddened to think that the American Library Association's most challenged books includes a children's title, "And Tango Makes Three", which is based on a true story of two male penguins who jointly raise an orphaned chick (or whatever little penguins might properly be called), which has, apparently, enraged some parents and educators because it advocates homosexuality.

Let's forget for a moment that it is, apparently, based on a true story, and presume that we can "doctor" natural science so that it meets the societal standards of the idiots who complained.

Instead, let's focus on the fact that there is no homosexual behavior in the book. It's not like Daddy penguin #1 is slipping into fishnets and a corset for the benefit of Daddy penguin #2. There is no indication that one, or both, of them were ever in the Navy, or served lengthy prison sentences.

And what about the target audience? They're little tiny kids. They don't even know what homosexuality (or heterosexuality, for that matter) is yet. They still think penguins can talk, for God's sake!

There is evil here, but it isn't in the book. It is in the minds of the idiots who protest against a cute little kiddy book, because their own twisted little ids have seen that which doesn't exist. Except, maybe, at night, when Mom dresses up as a sailor, and hauls out the toys.

Next week: I review "The Incredible Journey", a torrid novel about orgiastic, bi-sexual, cross-species encounters, involving two dogs and...yes, a cat!