A grocery store chain in Arkansas is concealing the cover of the Us Weekly magazine, which features Elton and David holding their newborn baby Zachary.

Harps grocery stores has placed a “family shield” over the magazine to block from view the cover photo of Elton and his family. “Family Shield. To protect young Harps shoppers,” the shield says.

“This was taken at my local grocery store,” a shopper tweeted. “I was shocked and horrified.” In a later tweet, she adds, “It's over all the covers of that magazine (at every register). The other magazines aren't covered.”

“I love Arkansas. I hate to see this sort of thing happen here or anywhere,” she said in another tweet, where she encouraged followers to complain to the grocery chain.

The user added that she snapped the picture at her local grocery store in Mountain Home. Harps has 60 stores located in three states: Arkansas, Oklahoma and Missouri. Whether other stores were censoring the cover is not known.

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