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Rock baby

If you haven't read about Roy and Silo, Central Park Zoo's gay penguins, I implore you to do so right away, here's the link to the New York Times article, (their articles are only available online for a short time, registration required).

Here is my favorite passage from that story. If this doesn't rip your heart out, then Mr. Bush I told you to please stop reading my blog if you're not going to give me the right to marry:

"Roy and Silo, two chinstrap penguins at the Central Park Zoo in Manhattan, are completely devoted to each other. For nearly six years now, they have been inseparable ... At one time, the two seemed so desperate to incubate an egg together that they put a rock in their nest and sat on it, keeping it warm in the folds of their abdomens, said their chief keeper, Rob Gramzay. Finally, he gave them a fertile egg that needed care to hatch. Things went perfectly. Roy and Silo sat on it for the typical 34 days until a chick, Tango, was born. For the next two and a half months they raised Tango, keeping her warm and feeding her food from their beaks until she could go out into the world on her own. Mr. Gramzay is full of praise for them."

My boyfriend and I will be placing a rock baby in our garden, in honor of Roy and Silo.