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Alito noted in the opinion that the curriculum was designed to indoctrinate children into accepting homosexual unions and ‘transgender’ ideology.
The U.S. Supreme Court in a 6-3 decision ruled Friday that parents are allowed to opt their children out of homosexual and “transgender” propaganda in school, noting that a school district forcing young children to be confronted with the perverse sexual program violates parents’ religious liberty.
The case, Mahmoud v. Taylor, arose from a group of Christian, Jewish, and Muslim parents in Montgomery County, Maryland, seeking to remove their young children from course material that “tells children as young as 3 or 4 to look for ‘underwear,’ ‘leather,’ ‘[drag] king,’ and ‘[drag] queen’ in a ‘pride’ parade,” and actively advocates gay marriage, “transgender”-identifying children, and that a “gender identity” can change at any moment.
While Montgomery County schools initially allowed parents to opt their children out, the number of parents requesting such accommodations was so high that the school district cracked down and forced the highly sexual material in front of children. A group of parents sued based on religious liberty grounds protected by the First Amendment.
The Supreme Court decided that the parents are entitled to a preliminary injunction — meaning they can pull their children out of the instruction — as their lawsuit proceeds. The three left-wing justices on the court issued a dissent written by Justice Sonia Sotomayor.
“[W]e hold that the Board’s introduction of the ‘LGBTQ+-inclusive’ storybooks — combined with its decision to withhold notice to parents and to forbid opt outs — substantially interferes with the religious development of their children and imposes the kind of burden on religious exercise” that the high court has previously ruled is unconstitutional, Justice Samuel Alito wrote for the majority. “These books — and associated educational instructions provided to teachers — are designed to ‘disrupt’ children’s thinking about sexuality and gender. … A government burdens the religious exercise of parents when it requires them to submit their children to instruction that poses ‘a very real threat of undermining’ the religious beliefs and practices that the parents wish to instill.”
“We reject this chilling vision of the power of the state to strip away the critical right of parents to guide the religious development of their children,” Alito added.
Education Secretary Linda McMahon celebrated the opinion, stating, “The Supreme Court’s ruling in Mahmoud v. Taylor is a major win for religious liberty and parental rights. The Court rightfully held that schools can’t shut parents out or disregard their religious obligations to their children.” --->READ MORE HERE
The Supreme Court ruled in favor of a group of Maryland parents who sued a school board over its refusal to allow elementary school children to be taken out of classes with LGBTQ-themed storybooks.
In a 6-3 decision along ideological lines Friday, the justices overturned a lower court ruling that found the parents needed to show that their kids were being coerced to act differently than their religious beliefs. The high court concluded that the parents “have shown that they are entitled to a preliminary injunction” because they “are likely to succeed in their challenge to the Board’s policies.”
The ruling is not the final decision in the matter, as the case will head back to the lower courts for further review.
“A government burdens the religious exercise of parents when it requires them to submit their children to instruction that poses ‘a very real threat of undermining’ the religious beliefs and practices that the parents wish to instill,” Justice Samuel Alito wrote for the majority.
“And a government cannot condition the benefit of free public education on parents’ acceptance of such instruction.”
Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) approved certain LGBTQ-themed curriculum books in late 2022. Initially, MCPS allowed an opt-out for parents with religious concerns, but by March of 2023, it reversed course, citing concerns about absenteeism and administrative burdens.
A group of parents from Muslim, Roman Catholic and Ukrainian Orthodox faiths sued the school district, arguing the lack of an opt-out system trampled upon their religious rights as parents.
The reading material in question included “Pride Puppy,” a picture book aimed at three- and four-year-olds that instructs kids to look for items they might find at a gay pride parade, such as underwear, lip rings, drag kings, and late gay liberation activist Marsha Johnson, whom critics noted was once a sex worker.
Other books that were part of the curriculum delved into transgenderism — such as “Intersection Allies,” meant for K-5 students, explains transgender and non-binary concepts, while asking the question, “What pronouns fit you?” --->READ MORE HERE
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