Some conservatives are attempting to use penguins as examples for human behavior, claiming that the documentary March Of The Penguins is a fine argument for monogamy.

Never mind that penguins are not monogamous, choosing different mates almost every year, as the film (which I loved) quite explicity (if subtly) explains late in the narration.

So, let’s add this up: wrong on the specific science, wrong on what’s actually in the film, and wrong on the whole bizarre notion that the behaviors of one species should be used as an example for another.

But other than that, they’ve nailed it.

Hat tip to reader Jim at FAIR.

UPDATE: almost two dozen readers have sent me various gay penguin links.  It turns out all that honking and screeching is actually their own little chant: