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2023-08-25 -Great Cultural Revolution

Federal Court In Maryland Says Parents 'DO NOT' Have ‘A Fundamental Right' To Opt Kids Out Of Radical Gender Theory Curriculum

[Federalist] A federal court in Maryland ruled Thursday that parents don’t have the right to opt their children out of a curriculum that includes books about radical gender theory.

Biden-appointed Judge Deborah L. Boardman said that parents’ "asserted due process right to direct their children’s upbringing by opting out of a public-school curriculum that conflicts with their religious views is not a fundamental right," Fox News reported.

Last year, Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) introduced 22 new books into elementary-aged classrooms that featured LGBTQ characters and radical gender theory topics and then stopped parents from opting their children out of gender and sexuality instruction in March. The move sparked outrage from many religious parents who, along with Becket Law, filed a lawsuit challenging the district’s decision in May. Concerned parents requested a preliminary injunction that would allow them to opt their children out of the LGBTQ curriculum when school begins next week.

The district’s LGBTQ curriculum is intended to be taught to pre-k through 8th-grade students and includes references to sex change procedures, drag queens, "intersex" identity, gay pride parades, and preferred pronouns, according to National Review. One of the books also says that doctors simply "guess" a baby’s sex when it is born.

"Today, the district court decided parents have no right to notice when extreme ideology is pushed on their elementary-age children during story hour," Becket senior counsel Eric Baxter posted to X Thursday. "With the new school year beginning, the case is on the fast track to the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals—and the parents plan to appeal the decision."

"Children are entitled to enjoy a period of innocence and be guided by their own parents on how and when to approach the complex and sensitive issues being pushed by the School Board," he added.

Posted by Besoeker 2023-08-25 11:49|| || Front Page|| [11152 views ] Top

#1 Home Schooling until that is made illegal, then the options become quite severe!

Posted by NoMoreBS 2023-08-25 13:12|| 2023-08-25 13:12|| Front Page Top

#2 Just think. All those penumbras and emanations we've heard about over the years and not one affords parents the right to have a say in what their children are taught.

Posted by Matt 2023-08-25 15:57|| 2023-08-25 15:57|| Front Page Top

#3 Why do they keep electing the same people to the school boards?

Posted by Seeking Cure For Ignorance 2023-08-25 16:40|| 2023-08-25 16:40|| Front Page Top

#4 ^Why do they keep electing the same people to Congress (or Knesset)?

Posted by Grom the Merciless 2023-08-25 16:44|| 2023-08-25 16:44|| Front Page Top

#5 ^^^ Obviously because Trump is icky. Or something.

Posted by Tom 2023-08-25 16:52|| 2023-08-25 16:52|| Front Page Top

#6 I think the Supreme Court will reestablish parental rights in this case or another. Trump picked enough icky judges to restore sanity.

Posted by Super Hose 2023-08-25 19:49|| 2023-08-25 19:49|| Front Page Top

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