US EditionUS Supreme Court to hear dispute over LGBT books in Maryland school district
- The US Supreme Court will review a case about whether schools can read LGBTQ+ books to elementary students without allowing parents to opt out for religious reasons.
- A group of mostly Muslim and Ethiopian Orthodox parents sued Montgomery County schools, claiming the policy infringed on their First Amendment rights.
- The Montgomery County School Board had initially allowed opt-outs but reversed the policy, citing disruptions caused by high opt-out requests.
- The court is expected to hear the case, Mahmoud v. Taylor, in the spring, which may impact how schools handle curriculum related to gender and sexuality.
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Supreme Court Takes Up Religious Parents’ Challenge to Schools That Mandate Books Celebrating Gender Transitions | The Star News Network
by Katelynn Richardson The Supreme Court agreed on Friday to hear parents’ challenge to a school district requirement forcing kids to participate in story times featuring books on gender and sexuality. In their petition, parents asked the Supreme Court to consider whether Montgomery County Board of Education’s decision to ignore their religious objections violates the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment. The group of Christian and Musl…
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BizTocSupreme Court Will Consider If Maryland Parents Can Opt Children Out Of Pro-LGBT Storybooks - Nemos News Network
Authored by Matthew Vadum via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The U.S. Supreme Court on Jan. 17 agreed to hear a request from a group of Maryland parents to opt their young children out of having storybooks that promote LGBT lifestyles read to them. The U.S. Supreme Court in Washington on Jan. 15, 2025. Madalina […]
Supreme Court Takes Up Religious Parents’ Challenge to Schools That Mandate Books Celebrating Gender Transitions – The Ohio Star
by Katelynn Richardson The Supreme Court agreed on Friday to hear parents’ challenge to a school district requirement forcing kids to participate in story times featuring books on gender and sexuality. In their petition, parents asked the Supreme Court to consider whether Montgomery County Board of Education’s decision to ignore their religious objections violates the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment. The group of Christian and Musl…
This week the Episcopal Conference of Ecuador issued a statement criticizing and condemning a ruling of the Constitutional Court of Ecuador regarding the case of a trans girl whose parents asked for measures against the school, in the province of St. Helena, for an alleged bad accompaniment of her situation (“gender revival process”). Meanwhile, LGBT+ groups have supported the decision: “This sentence is a historic advance in the fight for equal…
Supreme Court Will Consider If Maryland Parents Can Opt Children Out of Pro-LGBT Storybooks - The Thinking Conservative
U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear request from Maryland parents to opt their young children out of having storybooks that promote LGBT lifestyles read to them. The post Supreme Court Will Consider If Maryland Parents Can Opt Children Out of Pro-LGBT Storybooks appeared first on The Thinking Conservative.
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