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The Supreme Court will decide if Maryland’s parents, who oppose LGBTQ books in the classroomThey have the constitutional right to exclude their children who conflict with the faith of their family.
Montgomery County parents, Maryland, claim the right of their children Schools They are violating their religious freedom by not allowing them not to participate in lessons that use books with LGBTQ stories. On Friday, the Supreme Court made the decision to comment on the matter.
According to judicial documents, the district provided the books to the teachers and expected them to be incorporated into the classroom exhibiting them on shelves, using them to read aloud and recommending them to the students. When politics was introduced for the first time, parents had the option of excluding their children, according to a Previous article of Fox NewsBut the legal presentation suggests that this option was eliminated when so many students chose not to participate, which caused a high absenteeism.
“As amended in the amended demand, on March 22, 2023, the Board publicly reiterated that when a teacher chooses to use one of the story books in their classrooms, ‘a notification to the parents about the book’ and, If a caregiver if he decides to exclude his son, the teacher ‘will find a substitute text for that student who supports’ the same standards and objectives of language arts, “said the Documents states.
“The next day, without explanation, the Board announced in a complete radical change that a voluntary exclusion notification and option would no longer be allowed,” he continues. “Although the reviewed policy immediately entered into force, the previous applications of adaptations remained until the end of the academic year 2022-2023, which makes the current academic year 2023-2024 in the first year in which it is not notified or notifies students or their parents.
The books in question address the issues of same -sex relationships, declare themselves transgender and attend LGBTQ events. According to legal documents, teachers also received materials on how to handle the questions that students could have on the topics discussed in stories books.
“For example, if a student says’ being _____ (gay, lesbian, queer, etc.) is wrong and is not allowed in my religion,” teachers “can answer:” I understand that this is what you think, but not all They believe that. “. We do not have to understand or support the identity of a person to treat it with respect and kindness’ (JA 595),” says the judicial document. “The guide also advises that if a student says that ‘a girl … only children can like it because she is a girl’, the teacher can (d) interrupt thought between one or the other saying something like: ‘Actually , people of any gender may like whoever.
The plaintiffs, who consist of a coalition of parents of multiple religions, oppose the material.
Archive – The Supreme Court of the United States, on November 15, 2023, in Washington. (Photo AP/Mariam Zuhaib, Archive)
Sarah Parshall Perry, the main legal investigator of the Heritage Foundation, says he believes that the parents will be victorious in their appeal.
“The notion that parents are the main authority for the education and well -being of their children is rooted in biology, the nature of the relationship between parents and children and the centenary recognition of the family as the very basis of a flourishing society “He said. wrote.
Perry told Fox News Digital that this case represents a “very flourishing legal field in which much of gender identity goes into conflict directly with the religious beliefs of these parents.”
“We are going to see that more and more and I believe that the fact that it is a multi -religious coalition specifically indicates that this will be a problem, that the judges will see a growing measure if not addressing it directly,” he said. “I think that was part of the reason to take the case in the first place.”
The legal expert explained that there is a precedent of giving Student rights to freedom of religion, even in the aspect of public education.
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“This case, in many ways, goes directly to a case of many years, Wisconsin Vs. Yoder in 1972,” Perry reflected. “In that case, the Supreme Court determined that Wisconsin’s compulsory school attend religious beliefs to be able to participate in their communities of origin and help work in other aspects. Conflict come in.
Fox News Digital contacted the Montgomery County Education Board, who informed him that “they cannot make a statement on pending legal actions at that time.”
The Fourth Circuit Court explained in the documents that the original decision was made against the parents a preliminary judicial order because “the parents have not submitted sufficient evidence of a recognizable burden on their rights of free exercise to satisfy The requirements of a freedom claim for exercise. “
