Dozens of Congressional Republicans will present an Amicus summary to the Supreme Court Tuesday morning to support the constitutional rights of parents to select children from the school's left-wing gender ideology and sexuality content.
66 lawmakers signed the Amicus outline in support of parents' legal challenges to Maryland school district policies. It effectively forced pre-kindergarten students to participate in educational instruction, including picture books that included gender ideology and sexuality content. Lawmakers argue that district's policies that ignore parents' objections to children exposed to left-wing gender and sexuality materials in classrooms violate the First Amendment Freedom Movement Clause, according to Amicus Brief background obtained by the Daily Caller News Foundation. (Related: Teacher fired because student trans pronouns do not get reconciliation)
Republican Louisiana Sen. Bill Cassidy, Sen., Sen. Bill Cassidy, Sen., and Sen., Health, Education and Labor Pensions Committee, and Republican Alabama Sen. Robert Adelholt, chairman of the House Approximate Budget Committee on Labor, Health, Human Services and Education, led the Republic of Congress.
The Supreme Court agreed to hear parents' challenges to the Maryland school district's decision to withdraw its parental notification policy that allows Maryland school districts to retract their right to protect their right to select their children from educational guidance related to gender ideology and sexuality materials.
Amicus Brief argues that the school board “has no compelling government justification to violate parents' first corrected religious freedom rights,” according to a brief background shared with the DCNF.
“[M]The state is conditioned on the right to indoctrinate the child on contested moral and religious issues, even if such teachings violate the parents' moral and religious commitments,” the lawmaker asked in simple terms. “As Congress has long been recognized in the law, the answer to both questions is no.”
“In fact, federal law has consistently protected parental rights in the field of education,” the lawmaker continued. “It is very in line with this Congressional tradition that parents in this case are seeking free movement reasons.”
WASHINGTON, DC – Jan. 30: Louisiana's Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Chairman Bill Cassidy submitted an Amicus Brief to guide Republicans and support parental rights and religious freedom (Photo: Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images).
In November 2022, Montgomery County, Maryland, presented over 20 books at a kindergarten-like young age that featured stories about “gender transitions, pride parades and same-sex playground romance,” according to a parent's petition. The Board of Education initially notified parents about educational guidance and allowed children to be selected from lessons characterized by gender ideology and sexuality content, citing district policies regarding religious accommodation.
According to a previous report from the DCNF, “Pride Puppy,” one of the “Pride Puppy,” is aimed at children aged 3 and 4, and encouraged them to find “drug queens,” “underwear,” and “leather” on their vocabulary list.
A group of Christian and Muslim parents filed a lawsuit in May 2023 after the district revoked its notification and opt-out policy regarding educational guidance on gender ideology and sexuality content.
The District Court Judge and the Fourth Circuit of Appeals ruled over parents.
“It is unconstitutional to require children to teach a subject of gender and sexuality that violates the religious beliefs of their families,” Cassidy told DCNF. “Parents have the right to know what their children are learning in school. I am proud to protect this simple amicus advocate's constitutional rights to raise their children the way they choose.”
“Parents have a fundamental right to guide their children's education and development, especially when they involve sensitive topics that intersect with deeply held beliefs,” Adderholt told DCNF. “The government should never force children to force children to material that conflicts with family values without their parents' knowledge or consent. I am standing with my parents in their fight to ensure that their children have a say in what is being taught in the classroom.”
Seventeen GOP senators and 46 House Republicans signed the Amikos brief, in addition to Cassidy and Aderholt.
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