Gay Penguin Book Still #1 in Scaring Conservative Readers
1. “And Tango Makes Three,” by Justin Richardson/Peter Parnell
Reasons: Anti-Ethnic, Anti-Family, Homosexuality, Religious Viewpoint,
Unsuited to Age Group
2. “His Dark Materials Trilogy” (Series), Philip Pullman
Reasons: Political Viewpoint, Religious Viewpoint, Violence
3. “TTYL”; “TTFN”; “L8R, G8R” (Series), Lauren Myracle
Reasons: Offensive Language, Sexually Explicit, Unsuited to Age Group
4. “Scary Stories” (Series), Alvin Schwartz
Reasons: Occult/Satanism, Religious Viewpoint, Violence
5. “Bless Me, Ultima,” by Rudolfo Anaya
Reasons: Occult/Satanism, Offensive Language, Religious Viewpoint, Sexually
Explicit, Violence
6. “The Perks of Being A Wallflower,” by Stephen Chbosky
Reasons: Drugs, Homosexuality, Nudity, Offensive Language, Sexually
Explicit, Suicide, Unsuited to Age Group
7. “Gossip Girl” (Series), by Cecily von Ziegesar
Reasons: Offensive Language, Sexually Explicit, Unsuited to Age Group
8. “Uncle Bobby’s Wedding,” by Sarah S. Brannen
Reasons: Homosexuality, Unsuited to Age Group
9. “The Kite Runner,” by Khaled Hosseini
Reasons: Offensive Language, Sexually Explicit, Unsuited to Age Group
10. “Flashcards of My Life,” by Charise Mericle Harper
Reasons: Sexually Explicit, Unsuited to Age Group
(via St. Louis Today)
Maybe people just have a big problem with anthromorphism. Although were that the case, you’d expect Animal Farm to be up there.
Good to see the Scary Stories series is still near the top. I enjoyed those when I was in elementary school. Maybe they turned me gay; I didn’t have a copy of Daddy’s Roommate or Heather Has Two Mommies when I was growing up.
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@Awesome Hat: hhahahah i am right there with you, they seriously choke to death an angel in HDM, and that is less troublesome than homo penguins.
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On Tango–does it actually imply that there’s a relationship between the two adult penguins? Because I always assumed that it was about how the males keep the eggs safe in the winter while the females hunt or something like that.
And yeah, His Dark Materials is the shit. :D
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TANGO is based on a true event that happened at the Central Park Zoo, and yes the two penguin dads were mates. Although the bible thumpers would have us believe that homosexuality is in fact an abberation and a choice, it does indeed occur quite frequently in nature, this being an example. Or maybe these two penguins CHOSE their TORRID GAY LIFESTYLE. For these haters, truth really is scarier than fiction, so this book based on a true story is their worst nightmare. It’s really a very sweet book and I doubt one five year old has been converted to homosexuality since its release date. We’ll have to try harder.
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Ok, so let’s get out there and complain about the bible. It’s got murder, torture, child abuse, the mass murder of children, prostitutes. On religious grounds alone it should be banned, it’s portrail of a god one of a vile mass murdering psychopath and is unsuitable for any age.
Come on people let’s see if we can’t push it to the top of the list. If successful we could try the koran next. lol.
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The His Dark Materials trilogy are some of my favorite books ever. It seems to me like a book in which the protagonists kill God would be more controversial than a couple of gay penguins…