Penguins Set Back March of Gay Rights

Homophobes often try to frame homosexuality as an immoral choice that flouts the laws of nature, while most gays respond that, surely as nature made them, nature made them gay. To bolster the latter argument, homosexuals and gay rights activists have sometimes pointed to the same-sex action that takes place elsewhere in the animal kingdom.


But now, the gay rights movement has a new and potentially dangerous enemy: penguins. And what hurts most of all is that this enemy is a traitor to the cause.


The evidence is here, in a story about two male penguins from the San Francisco Zoo whose six-year relationship recently ended when one of them decided to jump into the nest of a widowed female. Defenders of "traditional family values" might suggest that Harry philandered because he realized that, six years ago, he'd made a bad choice that steered him away from his "natural" heterosexuality. No doubt they'd also blame that choice on an evil "homosexual agenda," the goal of which is presumably to turn everyone gay, animals included. At least in San Francisco.


Either way, the anti-gay army now has a new poster-penguin. Me, I think the whole affair demonstrates that sexuality can be a fluid thing, no matter what species is involved. As for poor cuckolded Pepper, I just hope he recovers from the shock. It's okay, Pepper. You're worth more than cheatin' Harry and homewrecker Linda combined.


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