Posted on 05/17/2024 8:17:56 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
On Wednesday, a federal appeals court ruled that parents in Maryland’s largest school district do not have the right to opt their children out of pro-LGBTQ curriculum in the K-5 grades.
As reported by Fox News, the 2-1 ruling by the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a previous decision by a lower court, which denied the parents a preliminary injunction based on their alleged failure to prove that the policy would constitute a violation of the First Amendment right to freedom of religion.
The plaintiffs, three pairs of parents who sued Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS), argued that their children being forced to read such books as “The Pride Puppy,” “Uncle Bobby’s Wedding” and “Born Ready: The True Story of a Boy Named Penelope,” would be in violation of both federal law and state law.
Such teachings directly clash with what the parents want to teach their children about “what it means to be male and female; the institution of marriage; human sexuality; and related themes.”
The pairs of parents each represented one of the three Abrahamic religions: Christianity, Judaism, and Islam. They were supported in their lawsuit by the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, and argued that it was their responsibility, not the school’s, to teach their children about sexuality.
But the appeals court ruled that children being exposed to conflicting worldviews is “part of the compromise parents make when choosing to send their children to public schools,” and did not amount to a big enough burden that it would qualify as a First Amendment violation.
“We take no view on whether the Parents will be able to present evidence sufficient to support any of their various theories once they have the opportunity to develop a record as to the circumstances surrounding the Board’s decision and how the challenged texts are actually being used in schools,” wrote U.S. Circuit Judge G. Steven Agee, who was appointed by George W. Bush appointee, in the opinion of the majority. “At this early stage, however, given the Parents’ broad claims, the very high burden required to obtain a preliminary injunction, and the scant record before us, we are constrained to affirm the district court’s order denying a preliminary injunction.”
The lone dissent came from U.S. Circuit Judge A. Marvin Quattlebaum, Jr., who was appointed by President Donald Trump.
“The parents have shown the board’s decision to deny religious opt-outs burdened these parents’ right to exercise their religion and direct the religious upbringing of their children by putting them to the choice of either compromising their religious beliefs or foregoing a public education for their children,” said Quattlebaum in his dissent.
dissent.
“The court just told thousands of Maryland parents they have no say in what their children are taught in public schools,” said Eric Baxter, senior counsel and vice president of the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty. “That runs contrary to the First Amendment, Maryland law, the School Board’s own policies, and basic human decency.“
The case and its outcome represent a major setback for the parents’ rights movement, which began in 2021 and subsequently saw widespread grassroots success in local and state elections across the country, culminating in the red wave of 2021 which saw Republicans sweep Virginia and nearly flip New Jersey.
These judges are out of control.
Setback my butt - pull them out of school outright.
Get out of the public screwls
American judges going to get judged badly.
Just opt your kid out of K-5 altogether.
Problem solved.
Do it anyway. These ruling count on fear based compliance.
There are many ways to attack this. Organize parents and remove the entire school board. Organize parents and keep all the kids home “sick” for a week.
Shun the school in every way possible.
Homeschool.
And of course, get away from the east coast hell hole states that are smaller than many counties out west.
Move to a free state.
forced perversion...
parents, this is the bridge too far.....TAKE THEM OUT OF THOSE HOUSES OF HORROR!
And the school loses funds for every kid that doesn’t show up.
Sure they can. Take your children out of public schools.
I am in 10 days. Back to Texas I go!
And you fix this by making it Felony Child Abuse for ANY Public Employee and Officer of the Court to utilize any educational system other than the Public School System for thier minor childrens edeucationj, with immediate removal of the children from the family home and put in to foster care so they can receive a proper education.
This is why God created private schools and home schooling.
This is forced pedo. Parents should sue like a pedo had moved into the neighborhood without registering. Go after the goal — which is to get hands on your kids. That is all that this is about.
And, it has nothing to do with gays, they don’t care. It is about the pedo inherent in all of the rest of the LuggButt “community”.
Remove the children from the schools if the schools will not stop the grooming.
Stay away from anything social that the government controls…such as the schools. Take no part in it and don’t let them have your kids.
It’s good practice, one day they will want you to take the mark. No good can come from the government.
the appeals court ruled that children being exposed to conflicting worldviews is “part of the compromise parents make when choosing to send their children to public schools,”
Cool! When do we get all the kids exposed to Christianity, prayer and conservatism in public schools!!!???
Stop voting for the politicians who don’t care about their constituents but instead bend over for the perverts.
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