January 8, 2006
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Discrimination and Homosexuality Part 3
Many of you may be familiar with that fact that they found gay penguins in the Central Park Zoo in Manhattan. These penguins refuse to mate with their female counterparts and will only have sex with each other.
Should the gay penguin’s partners be covered under the insurance plan of their gay domestic partner?
Comments (140)
1!
Yes! First!
kduh.
Wait, why would Penguins purchase insurance? :/
And Dan, stop posting so much. You’re hogging all the featured spots
second?
well, in my opinion.. why the heck not?
*jayne
Of course
I don’t really understand this question though.
Uh… sure?
Of course.
yea of course
Top 10…
I really don’t know… Interesting question though
I think I do, so I’ll say “Yes”.
See? Even animals are gay. Are we to deny them from seeing each other?
PETA would throw a fit.
Dangit, almost lol
No, Why should they.
Of course. Birds of a feather flock together.
Penguins shouldn’t have sex. Neither should Priests.
Yes of course. Gay male peguins are equally likely to injure themselves trying to woo their partners. They shouldn’t be discriminated against.
Erika
Do penguins even have bunholes…
How could they figure out how to be gay?
Wow.
This is stupid why must you ask such annoying questions.
I don’t know, Dude, maybe these dysfunctional penguins need some help. Psych should be included in their insurance plan.
Sure … but that was a quite odd question.
i saw the gay penguins
peace max
uh what? no…? Besides penguins can’t be “gay” it make look like it, but animals have an innate sense of male and female and cannot go wrong. I’d personally like to see who comes up with these insane stories about gay animals. It’s impossible.
Wow, these people are thick, I can’t believe they can’t figure out what you’re referring to.
I’m of a mixed mind, so I guess I can’t answer the question.
-Hil
lol, like the dry humor. and yes.
ha ha ha good one!!! exactly what kind of insurance plan does a penguin have any way?
yes!
Is it bad if this question makes me giggle every time I reread it?
I think the bird is stupid; he should just be shot right then and there.
But to answer your question, no.
Nicholas
Maybe the other penguin should have thought about taking care of itself and getting its own health plan … maybe.
That’s really sad…does the devil think that if we see penguins doing it that we’ll think it’s okay?
All my comments on the other posts have been deleted. What’s with that?
they have insurance policies for penguines! lol. if it’s human kind and your just using the penguines to do some sort of comparison i think it’s ok to love who you want to love. i don’t know benefits of marriage or insurance stuff as it stands now but what’s good for geese is good for ducks too.
You are too funny! I wonder if gay penguins even get discriminated against.
No, they should go to Hell. That dog from Legally Blonde too. [/sarcasm]
This entry made me lol. I’m totally going to use this in conversations with my gay friends.
I’m not sure; lol, I hadn’t even heard of the gay penguins until you told me so…
ciao,
~*~*Malorie~*~*
What????
you’re funny!
and my answer is NO!
Oh, and I just googled and found another gay penguin case at the New York Aquarium in Coney Island, Brooklyn
http://www.jrn.columbia.edu/studentwork/cns/2002-06-10/591.asp
haha. well, we tend to look at animals differently than humans, so im sure that these penguins are all insured for as people just say they don’t know what they are doing.
if your penguins are a metaphor for humans, then my answer is yes. they should be covered for or at least should get the same medical rights as a spouse. imagine having a couple, and one is in the hospital but you can’t tell the dr. it is ok to go on with certain procedures because you aren’t recognized as their spouse? your partner could die while they try toget hold of a “real” relative.
I dunno why but it makes me laugh.
Yea I think they should.
ROFLMAO.
ROFL!
Yes, and they should all receive just the same number of fish as every other penguin regardless of color, orientation, race or creed.
ROFL!
You crack me up!
I have faith that the New York Zoo gives gay penguins full health benefits.
God, I hope that was a joke…
This sounds like a question that is trying to be funny but is really an expression of fear and prejudice. Am I wrong?
hmmm…
wasn’t it c&c music factory that sang the song things that make you go hmmm?
this definitely one of them
i have a couple rabbits… lesbian… i dunno how that works though…
yes, of course.
No. You are really asking “should gay partners have married people rights”? And I don’t think so. Marriage is (should be) a holy matrimony… mine is, at least. I can’t speak for the 50% of divorces in this country.
WTF??
um…theyre penguins..?
ROFL… UMM…. lol. Is this a joke?
Only if all the other penquins have those benefits.
Tends to make me believe that there is something in the Genes as well as the Mind.
I have a gay daughter.. I can’t think how to answer this, I’m still confused about the whole thing.
psh, they arnt gay, just…confused. idk
I watched a documentary about penguins and it said that a penquins sex can only be determined by blood test. So could it be possible that the penguins aren’t really gay but some one at the lab screwed up? Personally I hope they are gay. It’ll give everyone something new to complain about. I can hear it now. “Maybe they were raised by a gay zoo keeper and it rubbed off!”
But since what your really asking is if gay couples should have the right to the same things as heterosexual couples do, yes they should.
i fail to see the relevance of the question
Not in my opinion.
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Lori
If they’re married. Which, since “gay penguins” can’t legally marry, causes a bit of trouble.
Depends. What state do they live in?
No. Gay people suck.
Little pen in cheek humor going on here I would say, Judi
Absolutely, gay penguins are still penguins.
Ha, I think it’s funny that the only people that either didn’t get it or who implied it was a lie are the blatent homophobic assholes of passed post.
Of course the partner should be covered.
You are a dork. Ha
i really don’t know
Oye.Freeeking. Vey. Yer killin me…..
If they can find insurance coverage at all, then sure.
Yes.
Actually, the animals having gay partners provides an interesting debate that has to do with the last question…
If homosexuality is wrong…meaning a product of the sinful nature talked about in Genesis 3 and Romans 3:23…are animals actually “sinning” when they are engaging in homosexual acts? Is homosexuality in animals a result of Their sinful nature…or is it natural? Can they reason enough to comprehend what is right and wrong or do they just respond to what they feel? Most would agree with the latter, but wouldn’t this mean that homosexuality..with man and even penguins…is natural?
LOL
Penguins no, couples yes.
that’s the first i heard of gay animals. interesting! yesss, they should be covered.
that’s the first i heard of gay animals. interesting! yesss, they should be covered.
no!
Yes if they are living in the same household. Thanks! Now I’m going to be spending the rest of the evening trying to picture male penguins getting their groove on with one another.
Certainly.
yes
this question confuses me…
I wonder how March of the Penguins would’ve turned out if all the penguins were gay
x__Stephany
if penguins needed insurance, i would say that only straight ones should be allowed to get it. because gay ones are morally wrong and all that, but since this question isn’t really about that, i won’t say anything else.
God bless america
If gay penguins get same sex partner rights before I do, I’m gonna be pissed.
That is absolutely hilarious!!
H
This is pretty funny, I must say…if the penguins were people, then they’d be sinning…I think we’re lucky that we won’t have to worry about this until the penguins attempt to apply for insurance…
-Jared
Yes. Because if one penguin dies, then the other penguin shouldn’t suffer legally or financially. He’s got to get enough money and resources to raise the baby penguin.
And yes, animals can be gay. In some species, it’s just natural. I can’t remember offhand which species, sorry. Nothing is impossible.
No, and was that insurance salesman a sucker or what, hah, those penguins are like, “Man we got him, he thinks we have money other than dead fish.”
yes. if that penguin is truly the other’s partner and they are taking care of each other then they should be able to add each other to their insurance plan.
Wtf………………
This is a joke. What happened to theology?
Umm….
o_0
I am thick. I can’t figure out to what you refer.
Definitely! (Oh, goodness, that’s so sick! Gay penguins?! I hadn’t heard of that.)
Medicare Plan D anyone?
Melissa
one thing I’m wondering is that penguins lay eggs…so how are you a gay penguin. oh well, thats not the point of the question. I dont think it should matter who your partner is, the benifits should be the same.
I have no clue what you are on about Dan…
that is random
LMAO!! Of course…why should Penguins be discriminated?? *G* Seriously though, with the Gay debate, I really don’t see what the big fuss is about….did not Jesus say “Of all of these, faith love and hope the greatest is Love” and also that the only commandment we had was to love one another….why is it wrong when the love is between two people of the same sex? I KNOW it’s love, at times much more deeper and committed than so many “Hetrosexual” love….ignorance of love makes me angry and sad for the people who cannot see what love is…’til the next
Are we really talking about gay penguins insurance issues? Animals have insurance?
I think they should. They are penguins too, not some sort of animal.
Eva.
Huh? Since when do penguins have health insurance?
um… they are penguins… um…. yeah…
LOL!
Why not?
of course
penguins need insurance too…from people who may try to steal them like that poor baby penguin from that zoo…uh I forget where… 
the answer should be yes and no
ignore the moral/genetic stuff
First off, let’s be frank, penguin does not have an insurance plan
(What do they pay/get paid? fishes!!?)
so A) yes, the insurance plan does not exist, so it covers everything
B) no, because it covers nothing
Just a matter of existence
There seem to be a few people that don’t understand why animals would be gay. Why would people be gay? In humans, sexual orientation goes at least as deep as the subconscious (it can’t be conscious, because most gay people say sexual orientation is not a choice- if it were something that happened to them as a child which ‘screwed them up” psychologically, then it would be subconscious), if not down to the genetic level (there is a fascinating study done on fruit flies where they changed just one gene in the fertilized egg either from recessive to dominant or the other way around, and then the sexual behavior of the fruit fly that resulted from that embryo was reversed- the male flies sat around a lot, which is basically what the female does, and the female flies made sexual overtures to other females).
CMDLL said, “How could they figure out how to be gay?”
There’s a picture on the internet of a monkey giving oral sex to another monkey (you just be quiet- it was sent to me as a joke). If animals can figure out alternative sexual behavior that doesn’t relate simply to mating, then the gay animals can do the same thing. Humans have the cognitive capacity to say, “Oh, there’s a hole there- let’s use that,” but animals probably just kind of do a trial and error type of thing.
I’m just going to say this now, that I think it’s disgusting and demeaning that we must talk about homosexuality in terms of animals to get the point across about people. Even if you believe that homosexuality is wrong for one reason or another, we should still be speaking of our fellow human beings with respect. They deserve that dignity.
Also, everyone quit thinking about sexual behavior as though it is only intended for reproduction. People do all kinds of things during sex that serve no biological purpose. S&M, “watersports”, oral sex, anal sex, roleplaying, and even kissing have no biological purpose at all. If you’re going to condemn gay sex because it doesn’t produce children, then practice what you preach by refraining from any sexual activity besides sexual intercourse with the opposite sex, and restrict that to only putting that penis in that vagina and getting the man to have an orgasm. If you don’t get pregnant… well, I’ll let you off on that one. At least you didn’t get pregnant from a man, and not a woman, so you’re good. It’s the American way.
this was funny at first.
i have no comment.
no! sorry but no matter how many times you tell me homosexuality is not natural and don’t throw the penguin thing up at me ’cause they’re no longer wild.
You have a choice, like robbing a bank or sleeping on the floor, whether or not you’re going to be gay. There is no scientific proof that there is, or ever has been a ‘gay’ gene. I’m stopping before I start ranting. Let me end with, no!
OK.. this question is a little off the wall….. even for you. LOL
i didn’t know pinguins had bills
I guess some people just don’t “get it.”
But yes, I believe the penguins should have all benefits.
of course
i was reading some of the comments left for this post… it surprises me what some people think.
That’s funny!
I guess if I were a gay penguin I’d want my gay penguin lover to have to have insurance benefits under my plan. The problem is that the other penguins are doing something that the gay penguins can’t do in contributing to the colony. It is incorrect for the gay penguins to receive the fruits (no pun intended) of the penguin society when they cannot contribute to that society under its structure?
dude, penguins got this shit down before we have. they stay with their partners for life and have gay partners. AND they’re black AND white! ain’t no color lines here! hardy har har.
Yeah, and gay people should live in zoos j/k. And since animals are gay that makes it alright for people! Animals also eat other animals and their own feces, so let’s support that idea. Oh, and animals do not get penalized for murdering other animals, so let’s no longer forbid murder. Hmmmmm…. some hamsters eat their own babies, so that looks like a good idea, even though we already murder ours… And animals dont go to school, wear clothes, brush their teeth…
Silo and Roy aren’t gay anymore. they “broke up” back in Semptember 2005. Silo found him a female penguine.
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I think that that’s a life style I wouldn’t live, but I’m not against anyone who lives it. The times are changing, so I think laws and insurance carriers should change with it. Eveything changes and the world is changing fast.
They should make a movie. I heard gay penguins do really well in musicals.
I hadnt heard of the gay penguins before. How sad.
I always concidered penguins virgin like things. Thats disturbing. But, yes.
Your penguins have insurance ? ROFLMAO !!
L xx
I don’t know, is that insurance state-provided or a private policy?
L,r
um….why would penguins need insurance??? but i do understand whut you mean…
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this is a kewl site…….i am a theology minor/19th cent. Christianity at a univ. in NJ and i find the topic of Homosexuality and the Civil Rights Struggle to be quite intriguing. I don’t think ne1 can deny that there are obvious corrolations in the struggles. I also don’t think that 1 can deny that there is a strong prejudice against Gay ppl. I do however, understand the problem that certain ppl. have with equating the two , since skin colour cannot be obviated. The point to me is that civil rights and equality are just that ; a matter of civil protection. I find the whole Evangelical Christian approach to almost evrything to be a contradiction to what The Christ stood for (Pat Robertson comes to mind right away!) and why He came and gave His life for us. There seems to be a rather large contingent out there that feels there are certain precepts that can be ignored in favour of 1′s own personal opinion. I try to hold to the ultimate commandment of Jesus Christ as best I can: “Love 1 another as I have loved u..” Period! 1 of my fav. parables is when again Jesus is being tested by the Sadducees and Pharisees. He is called to pass judgement on a woman who has committed adultery. I am not going to go into basic New Testament 101 here; nor will I delve into Old Testament 101. u can look these up for urselves(sry, I kno fundamentalists jus love to have scripture an verse quoted) Well if u need to kno where ppl. stood in regard to adultery or slavery or labour on the sabbath just go to the Book of Leviticus. Nehow, Jesus is scribbling in the sand and they present him with the woman who is about to be stoned , as is prescribed in Mosaic Law. Jesus keeps scribbling in the dust/sand and says quite simply to the hypocrites: Let u who is w/o sin cast the First stone. They leave , 1 by 1 ,starting with the eldest first. When he is left with the woman he says to her quite lovingly , yet somehow authoritatively: Ur sins r forgiven u. Go forth and sin no more. If ne1 does not get the point to my ramble well, u kno…………….also please dont msg me to play bible “Battleship”(u kno, the peg game) cuz im not interested in that type of religion.
hi.
um…that’s a tough one. By today’s standards, I say a loud, resounding YES! But as a Christian, I believe that homosexuality is wrong. So what’s the answer? Well, we give spouse abusers and rapists, etc health insurance coverage under their “partners” plan, so why not homosexuals, who don’t hurt anybody, just offend some people?
I did not know that penguins had insurance in the first place.
Why not?
wow, wi do u no about this, r u like perverted and go on to google and type ‘sex’ or ‘gay’ or ‘retarded facts no one needs to know’
Yes..
animals can be gay?! haha, i don’t really know, i’m just sort of in shock that gay penguins exist…
Why would a penguin need insurance anyway?
if you’re really asking about penguins, i don’t think that they have insurance plans, or if they do, it doesn’t really matter who they mate with (i don’t think).
But if this was an attempt to ask wether human gays could have the same insurance plan, i really don’t see why they would not allow that.
pretty sure that penguins don’t have funds to purchase insurance.
equality for all penguins, of course!
definitely. all humans deserve the same treatment from the govt. we can’t impose one set of morals on a nation of such diversity.
Sure
You cluck two birds
With one bone
*nods*
wow lol yes
This is the best post I have ever read. Ever.