Texas parents object to gay penguin play, and more

Texas parents object to gay penguin play

Angry parents have forced an Austin school district to cancel elementary-school performances of a play about two male penguins at the Bronx Zoo who bond and raise a chick. Jonathan Saenz of the group Texas Values said the play “tries to promote a different marriage definition, which is clearly illegal’’ and “leads to the discussion of sex.’’

Police taser homeowner for fighting fire

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A Florida man was tasered by police for turning his hose on his neighbor’s house fire. Dan Jensen, 42, complied when police ordered him to put down his garden hose, but as the fire came near his fence with no fire trucks in sight, he turned the hose on again and was promptly tasered. “I thought they were here to help me,” said Jensen of the police. “Instead, they hurt me.”