Montgomery County, Maryland, parents are appealing to the Supreme Court for the right to opt their children out of story books that contain LGBTQ storylines in school.
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ParentsinMontgomeryCounty,Maryland,arefightingfortherightfortheirfamiliestooptoutofmandatoryLGBTQstorybooksintheirchildren’sschoolandtheircaseisnowheadedtotheSupremeCourt.
AcoalitionofJewish,ChristianandMuslimparentsofschool-agechildreninMontgomeryCountyPublicSchoolshavebroughtalawsuitagainsttheschoolboard,allegingitisviolatingtheirreligiousfreedomsprotectedundertheFirstAmendment,byforcingtheiryoungchildrentoparticipateininstructioncontrarytotheirreligiousbeliefs.
ThecontroversybeganinNovember2022whentheMontgomeryCountyPublicSchoolsintroducednewLGBTQbooksintothecurriculumaspartofthedistrict’s“inclusivity”initiative.AccordingtoBecket,alegalgrouprepresentingtheparents’case,thebooks“championprideparades,gendertransitioningandpronounpreferencesforchildren.”
Whiletheschoolboardinitiallyallowedparentstoop
