READER POLL: Should Parents Be Able to Opt Out Their Children From LGBTQ-Themed Lessons in School?

READER POLL: Should parents be able to opt out their children from LGBTQ-themed lessons in school?

In April, the U.S. Supreme Court heard a case on the religious rights of parents in Maryland who want to remove their children from elementary school classes using storybooks with LGBTQ characters. The court seemed likely to find that the Montgomery County school system could not require elementary school children to sit through lessons involving the books if parents expressed religious objections to the material. A decision in Mahmoud v. Taylor…

Elementary School Parents Fight Gay/Trans Books - The American Spectator | USA News and Politics

It may take the justices of the U.S. Supreme Court to restore a semblance of order to America’s public schools, some of which have been enticed into accepting a militant gay/transgender ideology. What has happened in certain school districts is apparent from the facts of a case recently argued before the high court — Mahmoud v. Taylor.  The school board of the Montgomery County (Maryland) School District adopted a requirement that its elementary…

AAF Leads Amicus Coalition Defending the Rights of Parents and Children Against Gender Indoctrination  - Advancing American Freedom

Advancing American Freedom led a coalition of 54 other amici in Vitsaxaki v. Skaneateles Central School District, fighting for parental rights and to protect children from indoctrination at school by gender ideologues. In this case, school officials sought to facilitate the social transition of Jennifer Vitsaxaki’s then seventh-grade daughter, referring to her by a new name and incorrect pronouns. When Mrs. Vitsaxaki noticed that her daughter’s …

How a Single Court Case Could Determine the Future of Book Banning in America

Only one library book ban case has ever been decided by the U.S. Supreme Court: Board of Education, Island Trees Union Free School District No. 26 v. Pico (1982). In 1975, the Island Trees school board in Nassau County, New York removed nearly a dozen books from the high school and junior high libraries. A […]

Supreme Court set to decide landmark case on parents’ rights in education

(The Lion) — Where do parents’ rights begin and end in public-school classrooms? The Supreme Court will consider this and other questions in Mahmoud v. Taylor, a case in which Maryland parents have requested their children be excused from school lessons involving LGBTQ themes. The high court is expected to rule in the case later this month or perhaps in July. “As someone who teaches education law, I believe this is perhaps the court’s most signi…

Elementary School Parents Oppose LGBTQ+ Literature

The U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear a significant case involving the Montgomery County School District in Maryland, where a controversial policy regarding LGBTQ+ themed storybooks has sparked outrage among parents. The case, Mahmoud v. Taylor, centers on a requirement that elementary school teachers read specific books promoting LGBTQ+ themes to their students, which ...