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The Supreme Court’s Good Sense on Parental Rights and Porn Sites
“This ‘burdens the religious exercise of parents,’ Justice Samuel Alito writes in Mahmoud v. Taylor. ‘And a government cannot condition the benefit of free public education on parents’ acceptance of such instruction.’ The storybooks for young children are intentionally didactic. The moral implication of “Born Ready,” as Justice Alito puts it, ‘is that it is seriously harmful to deny a gender transition and that transitioning is a highly positive experience.’”
A Supreme Court Victory for Parental Rights in the Woke Wars
Throughout the course of its legal battle, MCPS showed just how dedicated it was to dogmatic, left-wing ideology. MCPS took up this case as a culture-war battle. Parents, notably, didn’t object in court to the district’s stated goals of diversity and tolerance; they simply asked for the right to remove their children from lessons that contradict their religious beliefs.
Montgomery County’s unneeded Supreme Court fight
“But forcing children to read books that contravene their family’s faith suppresses diversity in the name of saving it. The district should have maintained the opt-out and, having made the mistake of rescinding it, should have restored it after parents protested. Instead, time and money were wasted defending a lawsuit. Those resources would have been better used to improve the quality of education for all Montgomery County students, regardless of what they believe.”
Gender Storytime at the Supreme Court
“[The] brief cites a member of the school board saying it’d be an impossible disruption if teachers had to ‘send out notices so white supremacists could opt out of civil-rights content.’ The implicit comparison is between religious families and racists. Who needs a tolerance lesson?”
Decision Points in Mahmoud v. Taylor
“During the oral argument, several justices were puzzled that MCPS defended this case all the way to the Supreme Court. Justice Kavanaugh—who pointed out that he is a lifelong resident of Montgomery County—was “a bit mystified how it came to this,” noting that “Maryland was founded on religious liberty” and expressing surprise that MCPS had decided that “this is the hill we’re going to die on.” Justice Alito similarly asked what the “big deal” was about allowing parents to opt out. Even Justice Kagan said she suspected there were “a lot of non-religious parents who weren’t all that thrilled about this.” By the end of the argument, it seemed clear that a strong majority of the Court was disposed to rule in the parents’ favor.”
Why mom joined Supreme Court lawsuit over LGBTQ+ books in elementary school
“To be presenting those ideas to children, especially those with special needs, I can’t imagine what confusion that causes. But the school sent out a notice saying we would no longer have the option to opt out. I was concerned for two reasons: we are in the Catholic faith and opposed to that; and it was not appropriate to her age or her needs.”
Schools are pushing LGBTQ books on kids. Supreme Court should side with parents.
“Here you’re basically putting parents in a position where they have to choose between public schools or their religious beliefs. And that choice comes at a high cost. You either have to homeschool your kids or put them in private school or face government fines for not schooling them. And so that kind of pressure to abandon your belief and practice of protecting your children from these materials at an early age is a pretty obvious First Amendment violation.”
'Let us be the parents': Supreme Court should let parents opt kids out of LGBTQ school lessons, lawyer argues
“"We're not saying that these books can't be on the shelves. We're saying we want to be out of the class. And we're also not saying that teachers can't teach this material."
Let Parents Protect Their Kids from Gender Ideology in Public Schools
“They are not asking the school district to remove the books from the classroom or the ideological sexual material from instruction. They are merely asking for the right to be notified and to opt their children out. This is a long-standing precedent in our public schools with regard to sex ed. This nation has historically respected the rights of parents to be the primary educators of children when it comes to sex and their bodies, even for nonsectarian reasons.”
Schools Should Be Working with Parents Like Me
“Montgomery County officials have tried to politicize our case, labeling parents like me as promoters of “hate” and even likening us to “white supremacists.” But that couldn’t be farther from the truth. We’re not asking to ban books or push our beliefs in schools. We simply want the right to excuse our kids when these books are read, a policy the board upheld for decades and one that fairness demands be restored.”
Defending Faith and Parental Rights in the Classroom
“It feels as though our own public schools are demanding more than just our tax dollars for an education: They are demanding a price that includes our daughter’s well-being and our religious freedom. We firmly believe the law does not force families to face such a heartbreaking ultimatum.”
Maryland mom taking fight to opt child out of LGBTQ story books before Supreme Court
Grace Morrison, one of the plaintiffs in the case, is a mother of seven children who lives in Montgomery County. Her youngest child, who has Down's Syndrome and other special needs, was attending public school and headed into fourth grade when she was made aware of the new school policy.
‘Starting to present issues of gender ideology to a child like this could be extremely confusing and damaging, let alone to the faith that we're raising her in,’ Morrison told Fox News Digital.”
Indoctrination On Trial
“The need for a parental opt-out is especially urgent, not just because the curriculum teaches things that are contrary to deeply held religious beliefs (girls can “become” boys), but because the material is intended to “disrupt” the religious views the parents desire to hand down (that boys are boys and girls are girls).”
SCOTUS To Decide If Parents Can Reject LGBT Brainwashing For Their Children
“Cramming down controversial gender ideology on three-year-olds without their parents’ permission is an affront to our nation’s traditions, parental rights, and basic human decency. The Court must make clear: parents, not the state, should be the ones deciding how and when to introduce their children to sensitive issues about gender and sexuality.”
US Supreme Court to hear dispute over LGBT books in Maryland school district
“The plaintiffs told the Supreme Court that the 4th Circuit's decision undermines the right of parents to ‘protect their children's innocence and direct their religious upbringing.’”
Most Americans Say Parents Should Be Able to Kids Out Of Gender Curriculum
“Parents don’t take a back seat to anyone when it comes to raising their children. This year’s Index shows that a vast majority of Americans believe in this commonsense principle and in every parent’s right to excuse their children from classroom lessons that violate their faith.”
While Trust in Public Schools is Crumbling, Montgomery County has the Opportunity to Lead
“As the nation’s most religiously diverse county—and with one of the nation’s largest public-school systems—it has a chance to restore the practical accommodations that reflect America’s best traditions. Recovering that longstanding consensus requires schools partnering with parents, not shutting them out of their children’s education.”
Parents Should Be Able to Opt Out of Gender Madness in Montgomery County
“Teaching on the nature of human sexuality, identity, and marriage is, and always has been, a primary responsibility of parents. Interfering with it necessarily interferes with parents’ liberty and free-exercise rights. Nothing more in the “record” needs to be developed to establish the injury to parental rights and religious freedom.”
Unfortunately For Your Local School Board, Parents’ Rights Are Popular
“Parental rights don’t disappear when children enter public schools. Schools are supposed to help students develop essential skills, gain valuable knowledge, and build interpersonal relationships, but they do not replace parents, who have the final say in how their children are raised.”
“Most parents agree that children should be taught to treat others with dignity and respect. But they also want schools to respect parents’ role in making key decisions concerning how and when their children are taught about personal and sensitive topics, including gender and sexuality.”