Federal court rules parents cannot opt children out of LGBT curriculum.

A federal court ruled⁣ Thursday that parents who sued a Maryland school district ‌have no right‍ to opt ​their children out of classes teaching⁤ LGBT curriculum.

The parents, who sued ⁣Montgomery County ⁣Public Schools, ​sought for the school district to reinstate a policy that allowed them to withdraw their children from ⁢discussions of books featuring LGBT characters. The ​district in January put ⁣in ‍place ​the policy but reversed course 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,” ruled Judge Deborah L. Boardman, a Biden appointee to the U.S. District Court⁣ for the District of Maryland.

Democrats at the federal and state​ level ⁣have pushed an LGBT agenda in schools ⁣since ‍President Joe Biden took​ office.

In⁤ July 2022,​ Biden’s Department of Education proposed changes ‍ to⁣ the interpretation of Title IX of the Civil Rights Act that would compel schools‌ to give transgender students the ability to use bathrooms and locker rooms that ‌conform with their gender identity, rather than their biological sex.

Multiple blue states have sued school districts that require teachers to notify parents of changes in their children’s gender identity or sexual orientation. New Jersey attorney general Matthew Platkin ‌sued three school districts in the‍ state that voted to enact those​ rules.⁣ Phil Murphy, the state’s Democratic governor, called ⁢taking away such⁢ policies “the American way.”