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School district drops appeal of gender ideology ruling [Calif]
The Center Square ^ | 11/14/25 | Madeline Shannon

Posted on 11/14/2025 4:45:48 PM PST by CFW

The Encinitas Union School District withdrew its appeal of a ruling in a gender ideology lawsuit.

Instead, the San Diego County district will comply with a lower federal court decision and notify parents and provide opt-outs for parents in gender ideology lessons and programs, according to district officials and lawyers representing the plaintiffs.

The lawsuit, filed September 2024 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California, alleges that the school district violated parents’ and students’ First Amendment rights by compelling students’ speech. A copy of the initial complaint said the district violated parents’ First Amendment right to bring up their children in a religious manner, failed to provide notice to parents about objectionable material in school and violated the due process clause of the 14th Amendment.

A decision issued from the court in May 2025 requires the school district to notify parents and provide opt-outs for families to excuse their children from any lesson or activity that covers gender identity in the school district’s buddy program.

“We’re very glad to see that this district has seen the writing on the wall,” Kayla Toney, a lawyer representing the plaintiffs in the case, told The Center Square. “We’re also committed to making sure that their policy change is permanent, and the school district does not violate the rights of parents and students in the future.”

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; US: California
KEYWORDS: ca; childabuse; education; parentalrights; parents; trans; transgiblets

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Thank you very much and God bless you.

A big win for parents and children!
1 posted on 11/14/2025 4:45:48 PM PST by CFW
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To: CFW

A big win for parents and children!

It is, it should be opt in but it is going to be a fight at every strep to undue this evil sickness.


2 posted on 11/14/2025 4:53:10 PM PST by iamgalt ( )
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To: CFW

When all else fails, follow the law!


3 posted on 11/14/2025 5:03:55 PM PST by lee martell
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Sadly, no. That’s not how this works. They dropped the lawsuit, because they don’t want precedent to be found if they lose. This is their strategy.

“Instead, the San Diego County district will comply with a lower federal court decision and notify parents and provide opt-outs for parents in gender ideology lessons and programs, according to district officials and lawyers representing the plaintiffs”

Here, they are lying. They’ll just continue on in exactly the same way, and call it something different. These are hardcore ideologue nutcases. They ain’t gonna comply with nothin’. Ask yourself, have leftists ever quit? Ever? Show your work.


4 posted on 11/14/2025 6:37:21 PM PST by Freedom4US
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The better solution is....don’t teach that cr**.


5 posted on 11/14/2025 7:21:49 PM PST by Sacajaweau
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“...Encinitas Union School District administrators implemented gender identity teaching in schools to combat ideas of transphobia and harmful stereotypes about transgender people.”

1. That’s not their job.
2. Combat ideas or spread lies?


6 posted on 11/15/2025 3:37:17 AM PST by Adder (End fascism...defeat all Democrats.)
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