{"id":2012207,"date":"2023-08-25T15:31:07","date_gmt":"2023-08-25T19:31:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/maryland-muslim-and-christian-parents-vow-to-appeal-pro-lgbt-book-court-ruling\/"},"modified":"2023-08-25T15:33:38","modified_gmt":"2023-08-25T19:33:38","slug":"maryland-muslim-and-christian-parents-vow-to-appeal-pro-lgbt-book-court-ruling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/maryland-muslim-and-christian-parents-vow-to-appeal-pro-lgbt-book-court-ruling\/","title":{"rendered":"Maryland Muslim and Christian parents plan to appeal pro-LGBT book court ruling."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmaryland-muslim-and-christian-parents-vow-to-appeal-pro-lgbt-book-court-ruling%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2012207&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>A Coalition of Muslim and\u200d Christian Parents Vows to Appeal Court Ruling on LGBT Storybooks<\/h2>\n<p>A \u200ccoalition \u2063of\u200d Muslim and Christian parents is determined to fight back after a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/maryland-muslim-and-christian-parents-vow-to-appeal-pro-lgbt-book-court-ruling\/\" title=\"Maryland Muslim and Christian parents plan to appeal pro-LGBT book court ruling.\">recent court ruling\u200c denied<\/a> their request for a parental opt-out option for LGBT storybooks in a Maryland school district.<\/p>\n<p>The \u2062group \u2062of parents \u200ctook \u2064legal action against Montgomery County\u200b Public Schools\u200b earlier this year when the district stopped informing parents \u200cabout a series of \u2063LGBT-themed\u200d storybooks\u200d used in classroom instruction and prohibited them\u2062 from opting \u200dout. This change in policy went against \u2064their religious beliefs, \u200cas\u2064 they\u200c felt it exposed their children \u2063to material that\u2064 contradicted their faith.<\/p>\n<h3>Judge Rules in Favor of School District<\/h3>\n<p>On Thursday, Judge Deborah\u200c Boardman of the U.S. District Court of Maryland, appointed by President Biden, ruled that the school district did not violate the parents&#8217; rights by removing the opt-out \u200doption. \u2063She\u200d stated that the parents failed to\u2062 prove that the district was coercing their children into adopting pro-LGBT \u200bideas.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;The \u200dplaintiffs have not shown that the \u200dno-opt-out policy likely will result in the indoctrination\u2063 of their children,&#8221; Boardman wrote.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In a footnote, \u200dBoardman acknowledged that one of the plaintiffs had a child with a learning disability who couldn&#8217;t differentiate between the \u200bteacher&#8217;s instruction and any opposing views presented\u2062 by the parents. However, the\u200c judge concluded that \u2062this did \u200bnot \u2062infringe upon the family&#8217;s religious exercise\u2064 rights.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;The Morrisons, \u2062too, do not face any\u200d coercion to violate their sacred duty to \u2064raise their child in their faith,&#8221; Boardman\u200c wrote. &#8220;Morrison states \u2062they cannot contextualize contrary \u200bideas for their disabled daughter because her disability \u200bprevents her from understanding the\u2064 difference between what her parents say \u2062and what her teachers say. But the \u200cno-opt-out \u200bpolicy does not prevent the Morrisons from taking the action required by\u200d their\u200c religion \u2014 \u2063trying to teach their daughter\u2063 their beliefs.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The coalition \u200dis represented \u2063by the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, which has vowed\u2062 to appeal \u200cthe ruling.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The School Board\u2019s decision to cut parents out\u200b of these discussions flies in the face of parental freedom, childhood \u2062innocence, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-democrats-suggest-moving-forward-on-ccp-virus-relief-bill-without-minimum-wage-hike\/\" title=\"Senate Democrats Suggest Moving Forward on CCP Virus Relief Bill Without Minimum Wage Hike\">basic human decency<\/a>,&#8221; said Eric Baxter, Becket Fund \u200dvice president and senior counsel. &#8220;The court\u2019s decision is an assault on children\u2019s right to be guided\u2062 by their parents on complex\u200d and \u200dsensitive issues regarding\u2062 human sexuality. The\u200b School Board should let kids be kids and let parents decide how and when to\u200d best \u200ceducate their own children consistent with their religious beliefs.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Although not directly involved \u200bin the case, the Council on American-Islamic \u200cRelations expressed its support for ongoing efforts \u200cto\u200b restore the parental\u200b opt-out.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The campaign to protect the rights of\u200b parents and children\u200c in\u200c Montgomery County Public Schools is just beginning,&#8221; the organization stated.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As the \u200bschool year begins, we remain committed to vocally \u2062advocating\u200d for \u2062families who simply want their\u2062 children\u2064 to attend\u200b English class \u2063without being forced\u2063 to \u200cdiscuss and affirm sensitive concepts that would normally arise\u2063 in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/muslim-group-principals-union-say-school-system-lied-to-stop-parents-from-opting-their-children-out-of-transgender-lessons\/\" title=\"Muslim group and principals union accuse school system of deception to prevent parents from opting out of transgender lessons.\">sex education courses<\/a>,&#8221; the organization added.\u2064 &#8220;Until the \u200copt-out\u200d is\u2063 restored, \u200cimpacted families plan to \u2062pursue every \u2064available legal means to\u200d protect their rights, including but not\u200c limited to new targeted legal action, continued interfaith protests, the release \u2064of additional internal MCPS documents, \u200cand respectful\u200c acts of peaceful civil \u200ddisobedience.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Washington Examiner \u2062has \u2063reached out \u2063to \u200bMontgomery \u200bCounty \u200cPublic Schools for comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A coalition of Muslim and Christian parents will appeal a court ruling that denied their request to restore a parental opt-out for LGBT storybooks in a Maryland school district. 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