Washington, D.C – On Friday, the Supreme Court agreed to hear an appeal from parents in the Washington, D.C., suburbs who want to keep their kids out of elementary school classes that use books with LGBTQ characters.
A Maryland appeals court ruling that went against parents will be looked over by the Supreme Court. The parents say that the policy goes against their religious rights under the Constitution because it doesn’t let them choose not to use storybooks in lessons.
At the pride parade, a family goes, and a girl meets her uncle’s soon-to-be-husband. A prince falls in love with a knight while they are fighting a dragon, and a girl worries about giving a valentine to another girl. Finally, a transgender boy decides to tell his family about his gender identity.
The parents say that public schools can’t make their children do lessons that go against their religious beliefs. They point to “opt-out” options in sex education and the fact that the school used to let parents pull their kids out of class while storybooks were being taught before quickly changing its mind.
In 2023, people were upset about the idea. At hearings with the school board, dozens of parents said that they felt religiously obligated to keep their young children from learning about gender and sexuality in ways that went against their views.
In October, The Washington Post said that the books “Pride Puppy” and “My Rainbow” were taken out of the English language arts program in the schools.
They wrote that the books are not a big part of the curriculum and that they “tell everyday tales of characters who experience adventure, confront new emotions, and struggle to make themselves heard.” This was done to ask the justices to stay out of the case. They have some of the same ideas as well-known stories like Snow White, Cinderella, and Peter Pan, the experts wrote.
It’s not clear if the case will be heard in the spring or not until October, when the new term of the court starts.
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