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Federal Court: Parents Have No Right to Withdraw Children from LGBT Curriculum
American Greatness ^ | 28 Aug, 2023 | Eric Lendrum

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 The policy was first enacted in January but then repealed in March.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.”


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To: cymbeline

If I recall what I’ve read elsewhere about this ruling it was that the parents did not have standing and could not show their children had suffered harm from the policy. I could be wrong on that, but I don’t think the option of withdrawing students was part of the ruling.


61 posted on 08/28/2023 8:18:57 AM PDT by lastchance (Cognovit Dominus qui sunt eius.)
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To: MtnClimber

We need our Own Homeland !

Pray for the Downfall of this Evil Regime !


62 posted on 08/28/2023 8:20:06 AM PDT by Reverend Wright ( Everything touched by progressives, dies !)
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To: MtnClimber

Take your precious children out of the public schools, now. No excuse has any merit why you wouldn’t. Sacrifice YOUR THINGS or sacrifice your child.


63 posted on 08/28/2023 8:21:53 AM PDT by CaptainPhilFan ( Bring back insane asylums)
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To: lastchance

“state controlled compulsory education”

It was always a very dangerous idea—at this point public schools are part of the problem and not part of the solution.


64 posted on 08/28/2023 8:22:16 AM PDT by cgbg ("Creative minds have always been known to survive any kind of bad training." Anna Freud.)
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To: MtnClimber

From Wikipedia:

‘On June 10, 2021, her nomination was reported out of committee by an 11–10 vote, with Senator Lindsey Graham voted “present”. On June 23, 2021, the United States Senate invoked cloture on her nomination by a 52–48 vote. Her nomination was confirmed later that day by a 52–48 vote.’


65 posted on 08/28/2023 8:22:23 AM PDT by savedbygrace (But God)
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To: MtnClimber
"think that creating a protected class for pedophiles is the ultimate goal. The crazies just have to make it all incremental."

Platform of the Democrat party? Sick.

66 posted on 08/28/2023 8:23:53 AM PDT by Pajamajan (Pray for our nation. Never be slave in a new Socialist America)
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To: MtnClimber

Congress needs to impeach Judge Deborah L. Boardman and removed her from the bench. But pussy Republicans will not do they duty to defend the Constitution from domestic enemies.


67 posted on 08/28/2023 8:30:37 AM PDT by ConservativeInPA (The Delay Trump’s trial, delay. Elect Trump President. Trump pardons himself. )
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To: mikelets456

I know.

There’s nothing that can be done about that.


68 posted on 08/28/2023 8:32:03 AM PDT by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus.)
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To: servo1969
“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.

Judge is mentally deficient for suggesting religion is the only source of morality. This avoids the difference of how the Muslims in the US treat LGQBT practitioners (throw off of rooftops) compared to the Mormons with multiple wives, for example.

69 posted on 08/28/2023 8:32:58 AM PDT by RideForever (Damn, another dangling par .....)
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To: MtnClimber

America is dead.


70 posted on 08/28/2023 8:33:15 AM PDT by Trumpisourlastchance
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To: MtnClimber

It’s getting to the point where putting your kids in public school is basically guaranteeing that they’ll be groomed by perverts.


71 posted on 08/28/2023 8:34:00 AM PDT by Antoninus (Republicans are all honorable men.)
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To: Hatteras

Americans won’t fight. They will comply. When the orders come to show up at the chambers to reduce carbon & save the planet, most will comply.

The Americans you speak of are now a small minority.


72 posted on 08/28/2023 8:34:42 AM PDT by Trumpisourlastchance
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To: MtnClimber

So how young does this gay-trans brainwashing begin? First grade? That’s my guess. This along with forced vaccinations that come with high rates of making children autistic.


73 posted on 08/28/2023 8:42:25 AM PDT by dennisw (Never attribute to incompetence& stupidity, that which is adequately explained by malice)
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To: MtnClimber
PARENTS!....... get your kids out of this satanic indoctrination NOW!!!
74 posted on 08/28/2023 8:54:45 AM PDT by high info voter (Delivery )
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To: MtnClimber

How many queers are seated on that court?


75 posted on 08/28/2023 9:07:35 AM PDT by JimRed (TERM LIMITS, NOW! Militia to the border! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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To: MtnClimber

The parents can opt out of the school system altogether, which is what they should do anyway.


76 posted on 08/28/2023 9:59:42 AM PDT by Disambiguator
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To: No name given

That will be the least of her problems if she does not repent.

Sin angers Him on general principle but this sin is especially hateful to Him and is expressly singled out for an exceptionally severe judgment.

Prov. 6; Matt. 18:6 and Luke 17:2


77 posted on 08/28/2023 11:31:34 AM PDT by Ban Draoi Marbh Draoi ( Gen. 12:3: a warning to all antisemites)
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To: No name given

That will be the least of her problems if she does not repent.

Sin angers Him on general principle but this sin is especially hateful to Him and is expressly singled out for an exceptionally severe judgment.

Prov. 6; Matt. 18:6 and Luke 17:2


78 posted on 08/28/2023 11:31:34 AM PDT by Ban Draoi Marbh Draoi ( Gen. 12:3: a warning to all antisemites)
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To: MtnClimber

Apparently Pedophiles are in charge everywhere.


79 posted on 08/28/2023 11:45:43 AM PDT by Dr. Scarpetta ( )
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To: MtnClimber

“Vouchers”


80 posted on 08/28/2023 12:56:39 PM PDT by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
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