New tabs in safari also changes background tab?

I have safari set to open pages in a new tab but it is also changes the background page when opening a new link? Any ideas?

Triple-click the line below to select it:
~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.Safari.plist
Right-click or control-click the highlighted line and select
Services ▹ Show Info
from the contextual menu.* An Info dialog should open.
Does the dialog show "You can read and write" in the Sharing & Permissions section?
In the General section, is the box labeled Locked checked?
What is the Modified date?
*If you don't see the contextual menu item, copy the selected text to the Clipboard (command-C). Open a TextEdit window and paste into it (command-V). Select the line you just pasted and continue as above.

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Message was edited by: scooter!

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Thanks for posting a Presuming "SOLUTION"
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Post back ...
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