Guys, I'm having a tough time keeping up with the authoritarian left and their shenanigans nowadays.
Let's check in on Maryland, shall we?
Oh.
The memes are real.
In Maryland, according to a 2-1 ruling from the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, affirming a prior local ruling, Maryland parents are not allowed to opt their kids out of the religious education we refer to as "LGBT."
The Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) board instituted the policy, parents objected and sued to get their kids out of the class, but the court didn't think forcing kids to learn about gay sex and transgenderism violated the 1st Amendment.
The parents argued that the books contradict their religious duty to train their children in accordance with their faith on 'what it means to be male and female; the institution of marriage; human sexuality; and related themes.'
The litigants — three sets of parents who are Muslim, Jewish and Christian, along with a parental rights organization — argue that the responsibility for what their children learn should fall to them, instead of the schools.
However, the court ruled that the mere exposure to ideas contrary to one's faith is not enough of a burden to implicate the First Amendment and that exposure to issues that one disagrees with, even for religious reasons, is 'part of the compromise parents make when choosing to send their children to public schools,' the ruling states.
Okay, so when do the other religions get a turn??
Despite the woke court's insistence, this isn't mere "exposure" to political issues. It's talking to kids about gay sex. That's what it is.
However, they are right, it is the compromise parents make when they consent to give their kids over to public schools. Government schools come with government rules. And if evil people control the government, expect them to promote evil.
'We take no view on whether the Parents will be able to present evidence sufficient to support any of their various theories once they have the opportunity to develop a record as to the circumstances surrounding the Board's decision and how the challenged texts are actually being used in schools,' U.S. Circuit Judge G. Steven Agee, a President George W. Bush appointee, wrote for the majority in the opinion.
'At this early stage, however, given the Parents' broad claims, the very high burden required to obtain a preliminary injunction, and the scant record before us, we are constrained to affirm the district court's order denying a preliminary injunction.'
Hmm, it would also appear that electing Republicans to the White House doesn't help much either.
A Trump appointee did dissent from this ruling, you'll be happy to know.
Parents, meanwhile, were not happy.
'Some of the books were first, second, third-grade read-aloud books about transgender ideology, about sexuality,' (Bethany) Mandel, (a mother and contributing writer for Deseret News) told Carley Shimkus. 'Some of the parents who spoke in favor of banning the opt-out said … "I'm gay, and a book didn't make me gay and ... There's no way that your child, if you shield them in this manner, can sort of operate in the outside world," and that's not what anyone is asserting.'
'No one thinks that our kids can turn gay by reading a book. What we're asserting is that children are best learning about these sort of tricky, sticky subjects from their parents, and their parents should have a right to determine how their kids are first introduced to this,' she continued.
Who thinks it's the job of public schools to introduce 5-year-olds to homosexuality and transgenderism? How is this in any way appropriate?
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