result #67601 - SHOULD GAY PENGUINS BE FORCED INTO A HETEROSEXUAL LIFESTYLE?

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culture : SHOULD GAY PENGUINS BE FORCED INTO A HETEROSEXUAL LIFESTYLE?

[+] ballot by AMSearch
created Sun Feb 13, 05

"(Bremen, Germany) Attempts by a Germany zoo to "convert its gay penguins to heterosexuality have failed the zoo's director said Friday.

On Tuesday 365Gay.com reported that the Bremerhaven Zoo had imported
four female penguins from Sweden which it hoped would split up its three
gay penguin couples and turn the birds "straight".

But the six gay penguins were not interested in dallying with the other
sex, remaining faithful to their same-sex partners.

"The relationships were apparently too strong," said zoo Director Heike Kueck. The gay males were separated from their mates and one by one the females were introduced. The males pined for their mates until they were reunited.

The three gay couples are part of the zoo's 10 penguin exhibit. The others are apparently straight and coupled. But, for more than a year zookeepers were mystified why the three couples didn't have any offspring.

They did the usual courting dances, built nests together, appeared to have sex, and still no little penguins. Finally they did a DNA test to see if there was something genetically wrong. That is when they discovered the three couples were all male.

Kueck called the attempt to get the penguins to mate with females a form of "aversion therapy", a practice that has never worked successfully in humans. Nevertheless she said that another attempt will be made in the spring of 2006.

Gay penguins are not unusual. New York's Central Park Zoo, has Roy and Silo, who have been together for several years. As with one of the couples in Germany Roy and Silo put a rock simulating an egg in their nest and sat on it, keeping it warm in the folds of their abdomens.

Similar attempts to introduce females to Roy and Silo also failed although the two no longer spend time together. Roy for a while spent time with a female penguin but ended early this year.

Gay penguins have also been found in Japan. Scientists at Rikkyo University in Tokyo, found about 20 same-sex pairs at 16 major aquariums and zoos in Japan."

So, should zookeepers try to change the penguins, or let them be with the partners they have chosen?

They should let the Penguins be with their chosen partners	15
They should try to force the penguins to be straight, so they don't go to hell	3
No but young'uns should stay clear of Wacko-Jacko	0

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COMMENTS:
This ballot makes a great point. Three cheers, AMSearch.

by mojo on Sun Feb 13, 05 1:45pm [+]

LOL! What a great ballot! The same has happened with apes too, even in the wild. Should people be believing a 2,000 year old book or millions of years of evolution?

by Jigsaw on Sun Feb 13, 05 3:15pm [+]

Gay penguins hate freedom!

by RawIron on Sun Feb 13, 05 4:59pm [+]

Aw gay penguins are sweet. I want one.

by Cherri on Sun Feb 13, 05 8:16pm [+]

Have you seen the way the waddle? The gay ones put more of a swing in their hips.

by Les6Hithe6Wins6Again on Mon Feb 14, 05 3:57am [+]

They should be with who
they choose in life, but at the same time the older ones should avoid letting the young'uns visit Neverland.

by runyonbybirth on Mon Feb 14, 05 4:01pm [+]

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