Posted on 08/28/2023 6:45:27 AM PDT by MtnClimber
On Thursday, a federal court ruled that parents in Maryland do not have a right to opt their children out of classes which teach pro-LGBT curriculum.
According to the Washington Free Beacon, the group of parents had filed a lawsuit against Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS), demanding that the district revive a policy that allowed them to pull their children out of classes that discussed books and other materials featuring LGBT characters. The policy was first enacted in January but then repealed in March.
“The Court concludes the plaintiffs’ 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,” Judge Deborah L. Boardman wrote in her ruling. Boardman was appointed by Joe Biden to serve on the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland.
Such parental opt-out policies became a staple of the parents’ rights movement that began in 2021, when grassroots groups began protesting at school board meetings, demanding greater authority for parents when it comes to public education regarding controversial topics such as transgenderism and critical race theory. While some policies have been implemented in states like Virginia, more Democratically-controlled states like Maryland have actively resisted such efforts.
Another policy that has been championed by the parents’ rights movement is the required notification of parents when their child decides to become transgender at school. Blue states have doubled down on transgenderism, with many of them requiring their schools to keep such information secret from the parents, and to allow the child to freely “transition” while at school.
When schools within blue states try to resist these policies, they face lawsuits from the state government. In New Jersey, three school districts that have defied the state-mandated policy of keeping parents out of the loop have since been sued by state Attorney General Matthew Platkin (D-N.J.). Governor Phil Murphy (D-N.J.) has defended his attorney general’s actions, calling it “the American way.”
The judge should be tarred, feathered, and run out of town on a rail.
Well yeah, compulsory school, compulsory LGBT education. it’s the marxist way!
It’s the regular pattern of normalization. It happens 100% of the time.
1.) Don’t worry. It’s not happening.
2.) O.K. It is actually happening but it’s extremely rare.
3.) It is happening often but here is why that’s actually a good thing.
4.) You are a racist/homophobic/xenophobic Nazi for not wanting it to happen.
“opting out of a public-school curriculum that conflicts with their religious views is not a fundamental right.”
That’s a federal f-you if I ever heard one.
E plebnista
Since it’s (gay agenda) against my inner most religious belief, then I should not be obligated to pay property taxes.
Thank Linda for this Judge. Biden appointed him and Graham voted for him out of committee. He was confirmed 52-48. Linda could have blocked this evil prick.
“ANOTHER REASON TO HOMESCHOOL”
But you’re (still) paying for it.....we are literally paying for the enemy to destroy families and our society.
Wow. lol. ain't that the troof!
you nailed it
notice how it never works in the opposite direction? It always moves everything to the left. Never to the right. Conservatives / normal people are always playing prevent defense. Never offense.
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“Where in the Constitution does that authority come from?”
I don’t think schools should be teaching or discussing this crap but the basis of the ruling must be that parents can withdraw a child from a school but if they choose a school they must abide by their curriculum.
That’s correct.
“In New Jersey, three school districts that have defied the state-mandated policy of keeping parents out of the loop have since been sued by state Attorney General Matthew Platkin (D-N.J.). Governor Phil Murphy (D-N.J.) has defended his attorney general’s actions, calling it “the American way.””
Far from being “The American Way”—it’s by no means anywhere close to “The New Jersey Way”.
Being that they’re trying to replicate the Hitler Youth, it’s arguably “The Nazi Way”..
From the Obama Amendment: “We won”
Why must the rule be that way when the curriculum arguably conflicts with traditional faith and morals?
What else could this be other than Satan’s minions showing their full colors of evil?
There is no reason to appeal to higher court.
This federal judge needs to be ignored. Simply pull your children from school on the days that this sort of instruction is being taught. Accept the demerits from their grade(S) and move on.
To appeal to a higher court concedes that this judge has any level of “authority”. She does not.
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