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Ron DeSantis’ 2022 Parental Rights in Education Act, which bars the promotion of gender ideology to children in third grade and younger. (LifeSiteNews) — Public schools do not have to allow inappropriate books in school libraries, a federal judge ruled in a Florida case concerning a pro-LGBT book about penguins. The New York Times reported that the case concerns the Escambia County School Board’s decision to ban “And Tango Makes Three,” a pro-homosexual children’s book about two male penguins. Ron DeSantis’ 2022 Parental Rights in Education Act, which bars the promotion of gender ideology to children in third grade and younger, among other provisions. Judge Allen Winsor of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida disagreed, siding with the school board on the grounds that school libraries are not public forums, and not hosting a book does not prevent individuals from accessing it elsewhere.