Parents Appeal Federal Court’s Decision Allowing Maryland Schools to Force Trans Ideology on Their K

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Christian, Muslim and Jewish Parents Appeal Federal Court’s Decision Allowing Maryland Schools to Force Trans Ideology on Their Kids

By Debra Heine
August 29, 2023

Adiverse group of religious parents in Maryland are appealing a federal district court’s ruling that denied them the right to shield their children from storybooks that push pro-LGBT propaganda.

Earlier this year, the Montgomery County Board of Education took away parental notice and opt-outs for “inclusivity” books that advocate pride parades, gender transitioning, and pronoun preferences for kids as young as pre-kindergarten.

The books in question “champion controversial ideology around gender and sexuality,” rather than “focusing on basic principles of respect and kindness,” according to Becket Law, a non-profit public interest law firm that is representing the plaintiffs.

For example, one book tasks three and four-year-olds to search for images from a word list that includes “intersex flag,” “drag queen,” “underwear,” “leather,” and the name of a celebrated LGBTQ activist and sex worker. Another book advocates a child-knows-best approach to gender transitioning, telling students that a decision to transition doesn’t have to “make sense”; teachers are instructed to say doctors only “guess” when identifying a newborn’s sex anyway.

The controversial books were announced last fall for students in pre-K through eighth grade.

After the School Board announced it would take away parental notice and opt-outs for the storybooks, a group of Muslim, Christian, and Jewish parents sued the School Board in federal court.

According to Becket, which describes its mission as “defending the freedom of religion of people of all faiths,” the diverse group of parents are united in their belief that the schoolbooks’ pro-LGBTQ messages are “age-inappropriate, spiritually and emotionally damaging for kids and inconsistent with their beliefs.”

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Source:  https://amgreatness.com/2023/08/29/christian-muslim-and-jewish-parents-appeal-federal-courts-decision-allowing-maryland-schools-to-force-trans-ideology-on-their-kids/