Comments on: That Pesky Penguin http://www.mombian.com/2008/02/19/that-pesky-penguin/ Sustenance for Lesbian Moms Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:23:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: MayMay http://www.mombian.com/2008/02/19/that-pesky-penguin/comment-page-1/#comment-75177 MayMay Tue, 26 Feb 2008 20:16:33 +0000 http://www.mombian.com/2008/02/19/that-pesky-penguin/#comment-75177 My boys (three years old) have just rediscovered Tango! We did a book swap last week and they've become fixated. I even read it to them at lunch -- reading books at the table is usually forbidden. They particularly like it when I read the "Author's Note" at the end that explains how it's a real story. I've promised them that we'll visit Tango if we ever get to the Central Park Zoo. PS: The real hero to me is Mr. Gramzay, the keeper who decided to give Roy and Silo a chance to be parents. My boys (three years old) have just rediscovered Tango! We did a book swap last week and they’ve become fixated. I even read it to them at lunch — reading books at the table is usually forbidden. They particularly like it when I read the “Author’s Note” at the end that explains how it’s a real story. I’ve promised them that we’ll visit Tango if we ever get to the Central Park Zoo.

PS: The real hero to me is Mr. Gramzay, the keeper who decided to give Roy and Silo a chance to be parents.

]]> By: Polly http://www.mombian.com/2008/02/19/that-pesky-penguin/comment-page-1/#comment-75070 Polly Wed, 20 Feb 2008 16:13:42 +0000 http://www.mombian.com/2008/02/19/that-pesky-penguin/#comment-75070 "why someone hasn’t licensed the right to sell stuffed dolls of Tango and his dads, with all profits going to an organization that educates about tolerance and diversity, is beyond me." Another stroke of Dana brilliance! There are numerous LGBT product manufacturing & marketing outfits that would be glad -- I would have to hope -- to be able to contribute to public education around same-sex parents. Plus folks who are currently making a mint with the anti-Bush paraphernalia have to look beyond the next year. And I'm afraid that it'll be a while before we see the end of the tempest in this penguin pot. To bludgeon a metaphor. “why someone hasn’t licensed the right to sell stuffed dolls of Tango and his dads, with all profits going to an organization that educates about tolerance and diversity, is beyond me.”

Another stroke of Dana brilliance! There are numerous LGBT product manufacturing & marketing outfits that would be glad — I would have to hope — to be able to contribute to public education around same-sex parents. Plus folks who are currently making a mint with the anti-Bush paraphernalia have to look beyond the next year. And I’m afraid that it’ll be a while before we see the end of the tempest in this penguin pot. To bludgeon a metaphor.

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]]> By: Dana http://www.mombian.com/2008/02/19/that-pesky-penguin/comment-page-1/#comment-75048 Dana Tue, 19 Feb 2008 22:18:13 +0000 http://www.mombian.com/2008/02/19/that-pesky-penguin/#comment-75048 Oh, right you are. Serves me right for staying up too late writing. I've changed "library" to "school district" in the first sentence. Oh, right you are. Serves me right for staying up too late writing. I’ve changed “library” to “school district” in the first sentence.

]]> By: Picky Librarian http://www.mombian.com/2008/02/19/that-pesky-penguin/comment-page-1/#comment-75044 Picky Librarian Tue, 19 Feb 2008 19:47:40 +0000 http://www.mombian.com/2008/02/19/that-pesky-penguin/#comment-75044 it really is not a library that has made a fuss -- it was a parent. The school library had a policy that was followed. The librarian, principal and a committee recommended the book be kept in general circulation. It was the superintendant who ordered the book sequestered. You are completely correct, to my way of thinking, but please do not blame the library for the big boss' actions. it really is not a library that has made a fuss — it was a parent. The school library had a policy that was followed. The librarian, principal and a committee recommended the book be kept in general circulation. It was the superintendant who ordered the book sequestered.

You are completely correct, to my way of thinking, but please do not blame the library for the big boss’ actions.

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