Supreme Court To Hear Hate Group On LGBTQ Books
The Washington Post reports:
The Supreme Court agreed Friday to hear a case about whether public schools must give parents of elementary schoolchildren a chance to opt out of instruction on gender and sexuality that they say goes against their religious convictions.
The case stems from a challenge by a group of parents in Maryland’s largest school system, who objected to Montgomery County education officials prohibiting parents from taking their children out of lessons that used storybooks with LGBTQ+ characters and themes.
The parents said the policy violates their First Amendment rights to freedom of religion and sued in 2023. The policy put the school district at the center of a contentious national debate over how to teach gender and sexuality in schools.
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