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Federal Court Rules Maryland Parents Cannot Opt Children Out of LGBT Lessons
The Iowa Standard ^ | 05/20/2024 | Family Research Council

Posted on 05/22/2024 6:19:25 AM PDT by Jan_Sobieski

Despite national attention and thousands of protesting parents, a federal court is refusing to allow parents to opt their children out of LGBT courses in school. The U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals decided on Wednesday that Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) in Maryland does not have to allow parents to opt their children out of LGBT-themed lessons. Judge G. Steven Agee, a George W. Bush appointee, claimed that the parents seeking to opt their children out of the lessons in question did not provide sufficient evidence to justify a preliminary injunction.

In March of last year, MCPS added nearly two dozen “LGBTQ+ inclusive texts” to the pre-K through 8th grade curriculum. According to a lawsuit filed in May, parents were told that “no notice will be given” of when LGBT-themed lessons will be taught and that “no opt-outs [will be] tolerated because [students] must learn to be more ‘LGBTQ-Inclusive.’” The federal lawsuit was brought by a group of Christian and Muslim parents who wished to remove their children from LGBT-themed lessons on religious grounds. Over 1,000 parents — including Catholic, Ethiopian Orthodox, evangelical, Muslim, and Jewish parents — attended a subsequent MCPS board meeting to protest the decision to rescind parental opt-outs.

Then, in August, Biden-appointed U.S. District Court judge Deborah Boardman ruled against Maryland parents, claiming that mandatory LGBT lessons do not constitute a religious liberty infringement. She wrote that reading books about transgenderism, drag queens, and bondage fetishes to children as young as three “is not indoctrination” and does not “directly or indirectly” coerce children into activity “that violates their religious beliefs.” Instead, she suggested that concerned parents — who, according to the policy Boardman sanctioned, have no notice of when these lessons are being taught — discuss the lessons with their children at home after school...

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KEYWORDS: 4thcircuit; absoluteevil; arth; babylonthegreat; childabuse; children; education; enemieslist; enemyjudge; fourthcircuit; groomerjudge; gstevenagee; homosexualagenda; homosexualpolicy; lgbt; lgbtqi; maryland; parentalrights; porn4kids; propaganda; satanism; usisdone
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To: dfwgator

The US has rejected God and embraced Satan. It is done.


41 posted on 05/22/2024 8:38:18 AM PDT by Trumpisourlastchance
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To: Jan_Sobieski

Oh yes they can. HOME SCHOOL.


42 posted on 05/22/2024 8:39:12 AM PDT by GailA (Land Grabs, Poisoned Food, KILL the COWS, Bidenomics=BIDEN DEPRESSION. STAGNATION)
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To: Jan_Sobieski

UK is banning sex ed for kids under age 10. Those Muslims let the government know they did not want this.


43 posted on 05/22/2024 8:46:20 AM PDT by NetAddicted (MAGA2024)
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To: Jan_Sobieski

“What you allow, will continue.”


44 posted on 05/22/2024 8:50:16 AM PDT by Dead Corpse (A Psalm in napalm...)
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To: BobL

I read article about that, but article didn’t say about parental opt-out over 10 year olds.


45 posted on 05/22/2024 9:03:17 AM PDT by NetAddicted (MAGA2024)
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To: NetAddicted

I’m going by recollection...but not 100% sure.


46 posted on 05/22/2024 9:26:18 AM PDT by BobL
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To: George from New England

Catholic schools are the WORST!!! Many of them are more liberal than even public schools.


47 posted on 05/22/2024 10:07:08 AM PDT by fwdude ( )
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To: Trumpisourlastchance
The US has rejected God and embraced Satan. It is done.

Yes. And this happened much longer ago than most people realize.

48 posted on 05/22/2024 10:08:13 AM PDT by fwdude ( )
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To: Jan_Sobieski

LGBT + abortion is now the official religion of the US government. Dissent is not allowed.


49 posted on 05/22/2024 10:27:28 AM PDT by unlearner (I, Robot: I think I finally understand why Dr. Lanning created me... ;-)
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To: teeman8r

So what is next? Are police sent to their home is decide to keep their child home that day? Are we really living in China?


50 posted on 05/22/2024 1:20:00 PM PDT by Sam Gamgee
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To: Jan_Sobieski

We’ll soon see if Maryland has run out of horsewhips.


51 posted on 05/22/2024 1:57:13 PM PDT by Gritty (The issue is never the issue. The issue is always the Revolution. - Saul Alinsky)
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To: teeman8r

The Eastern Shore of MD functions as an independent state, not guided by the Woke Annapolis and PG CO luminaries.


52 posted on 05/22/2024 2:08:23 PM PDT by Lou Foxwell (The bleak winter of catastrophe is upon us.)
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To: Jan_Sobieski
...a federal court is refusing to allow parents to opt their children...

Drop ALL the kids off at the courts house.

53 posted on 05/22/2024 2:16:37 PM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: blackdog
Homeschooling is the only answer.

'Judges' being abducted by extraterrestrials might be a pretty good answer.

54 posted on 05/22/2024 2:18:03 PM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Jan_Sobieski

Unless they are Muslims


55 posted on 05/22/2024 2:18:44 PM PDT by AppyPappy (Biden told Al Roker "America is back". Unfortunately, he meant back to the 1970's)
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To: Leaning Right
I’ll bet you a dollar the Muslim family will be accommodated.

That's because a Muslim will actually DO something about it, instead of whining online.

56 posted on 05/22/2024 2:19:21 PM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Engedi
This Judge doesn’t understand about planting the seeds of thoughts into little kids.

The hell they don't!

57 posted on 05/22/2024 2:20:48 PM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: BobL
... in the process of OUTLAWING this crap for kids under 10...

Yeah!

Let's wait until they are ELEVEN!!!

58 posted on 05/22/2024 2:50:03 PM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: dljordan

SpelChunk changed shoot into sue once again.


59 posted on 05/22/2024 2:51:02 PM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Jan_Sobieski
Deborah Boardman ruled against Maryland parents, claiming that mandatory LGBT lessons do not constitute a religious liberty infringement. She wrote that reading books about transgenderism, drag queens, and bondage fetishes to children as young as three “is not indoctrination” and does not “directly or indirectly” coerce children into activity “that violates their religious beliefs.”

While I can see their arguments for "transgenders" or transvestites, as those aren't explicitly sex-oriented, how do they possibly justify bondage-related anything? That's not page-appropriate in any circumstances under 18!
60 posted on 05/23/2024 4:01:02 PM PDT by Svartalfiar
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