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Elton John's husband picture covered up

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Image via Wikipedia An Arkansas grocery store that was criticized for putting a magazine “ shield ” over the cover of a new US Weekly featuring the story “Elton’s Baby!” has since apologized and ordered the shield removed. The Harps Food Inc. location in Mountain Home, Arkansas covered the photo of Elton John , his same-sex partner , and the baby they recently obtained using a surrogate mother after receiving complaints from customers last week.  The shield, distributed to all Harps stores, is often used to cover inappropriate cover content “to protect young Harps shoppers.” Gay rights activists slammed the store management for “homophobia.” Just one day later, Harps management removed the sign and issued a statement of explanation and apology.  The stores are provided with the “shields,” wrote Kim Eskew, Harps President & COO , “which can be used at the manager’s discretion to cover the front of magazines when they receive complaints from our customers … photos might be