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http://www.cnn.com/2011/SHOWBIZ/cel.../26/elton.john.covered.up/index.html?hpt=Sbin
Store reverses decision to hide Elton John magazine cover
(CNN) -- An Arkansas supermarket reversed its decision Wednesday to hide a magazine cover showing Elton John and his same-sex partner David Furnish holding their new baby.
The shield placed over the current issue of Us Weekly read "Family shield to protect young Harps shoppers."
The Arkansas-based grocery chain lets managers at its 65 stores decide when customers complain if the shield is needed, but it is usually for photos that are "sexually provocative or too revealing," Harps Food Stores President Kim Eskew said.
Complaints poured into the chain's headquarters this week after photos of the shielded magazine spread across internet blogs and news websites....
WARNING: THE FOLLOWING MAY BE EXTREMELY OFFENSIVE;
Store reverses decision to hide Elton John magazine cover
(CNN) -- An Arkansas supermarket reversed its decision Wednesday to hide a magazine cover showing Elton John and his same-sex partner David Furnish holding their new baby.
The shield placed over the current issue of Us Weekly read "Family shield to protect young Harps shoppers."
The Arkansas-based grocery chain lets managers at its 65 stores decide when customers complain if the shield is needed, but it is usually for photos that are "sexually provocative or too revealing," Harps Food Stores President Kim Eskew said.
Complaints poured into the chain's headquarters this week after photos of the shielded magazine spread across internet blogs and news websites....
WARNING: THE FOLLOWING MAY BE EXTREMELY OFFENSIVE;
