Singapore Gives 'Pro-Gay' Children's Books a Reprieve

Singapore has decided not to proceed with the pulping of two children's books judged to be pro-homosexual after a flood of complaints about censorship. The National Library Board (NLB) said last week that it had withdrawn three books, including one about a pair of male penguins hatching an egg, following a complaint that they were not pro-family. The NLB said it had planned to destroy them, a proposed move that prompted a “read-in” protest of the books, complaints from prominent...

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