A children's book about two male penguins that hatch and parent a chick — used to promote same-sex relationships — was pulled from library shelves in Loudoun County, Va., elementary schools this month, thanks to a brave decision by the superintendent.
David Weintraub, director of Equality Loudoun, told The Washington Post that And Tango Makes Three is based “on a true story … of what happens in the animal kingdom. It’s about the joy of being part of a family."
Candi Cushman, education analyst for Focus on the Family Action, said the book is far from a “true story.”
“It’s very misleading,” she said, “and it’s a very disingenuous, inaccurate way to promote a political agenda to little kids. What they’re not telling kids is that the supposedly gay penguin who is the star of this story later mated with a female penguin in real life. The penguin’s heterosexual behavior was widely reported in national news, including the Chicago Tribune.
“Besides the point that it’s not even an accurate story, the bottom line is that elementary school libraries are not appropriate places to push political agendas.”
Superintendent Edgar B. Hatrick III decided the book's content might not be developmentally appropriate for some students and pulled it from his district's 16 elementary schools.
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