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Florida school district bans book about real-life gay penguin relationship, citing Parental Rights law
DeSantis signs Parental Rights in Education Act
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed the "Parental Rights in Education Act" into law during a visit to Classical Preparatory School in Spring Hill in March The bill bars instruction about sexual orientation and gender identity for public school students from Kindergarten to third grade.
TAVARES, Fla. - A Florida school district banned a book about a real-life same-sex penguin couple from classrooms and educational facility libraries.
The award-winning children's book, "And Tango Makes Three," tells the story of a real-life same-sex penguin couple that creates a family together.
Lake County Schools located in Florida told Fox News Digital on Monday that the guide violates Florida law on teaching about sexual orientation or gender identity to children from Kindergarten to third grade.
"We removed access to &#x;And Tango Makes Three&#x; for our Kindergarten through third-grade students in alignment with Flor
A federal judge next week will examine a renewed attempt to shield Escambia County School Board members from testifying about a decision to remove the children’s book “And Tango Makes Three” from school libraries.
U.S. District Determine Allen Winsor is scheduled to grasp a hearing Sept. 4 on a motion for a protective order aimed at preventing depositions of school board members. Attorneys for the school district contend that board members are shielded by what is known as “legislative privilege” from having to testify.
The motion came after Winsor on July 10 rejected an attempt to shield the board members — but said the board could file a revised request. The fresh motion was filed July
The book’s co-authors, Peter Parnell and Justin Richardson, and a trainee identified by the initials B.G. are challenging the district’s removal of “And Tango Makes Three,” arguing that the decision violated First Amendment rights.
As part of that, the plaintiffs’ attorneys have sought to depose school board members.
“And Tango Makes Three” tells the story of two male penguins who raised a peng
Gay penguin story on list of disputed library books
Marjane Satrapi's Persepolis, a graphic novel about a young Iranian miss growing up in the years after the country's Islamic Revolution, is ranked second.
The list of titles, all of which have been the subject of a formal written complaint, filed with a library or school, requesting they be removed, is compiled annually by the ALA's Office for Intellectual Freedom.
The alleged "cultural insensitivity" of Alexie's novel is one of the reasons cited in complaints calling for its removal.
And Tango Makes Three - based on a real-life story of two male penguins who hatched an egg at the New York Zoo - is accused of promoting a homosexual agenda.
Other titles on the list include Toni Morrison's debut novel The Bluest Eye, The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini and A Stolen Life, a kidnapping memoir by Jaycee Dugard.
The ALA counted challenges in , roughly the alike as were lodged in
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