{"id":2453324,"date":"2025-06-28T15:02:01","date_gmt":"2025-06-28T19:02:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/faith-group-provides-tools-for-parents-to-opt-out-of-lgbt-curriculum\/"},"modified":"2025-06-28T15:04:38","modified_gmt":"2025-06-28T19:04:38","slug":"faith-group-provides-tools-for-parents-to-opt-out-of-lgbt-curriculum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/faith-group-provides-tools-for-parents-to-opt-out-of-lgbt-curriculum\/","title":{"rendered":"Faith group provides tools for parents to opt out of LGBT curriculum"},"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%2Ffaith-group-provides-tools-for-parents-to-opt-out-of-lgbt-curriculum%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=2453324&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--><p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/human-rights-watch-olympics-sponsors-must-pressure-china-to-stop-atrocities\/\" title=\"Human Rights Watch: Olympics Sponsors Must Pressure China to Stop Atrocities\">religious freedom organization<\/a> is offering resources for parents to opt out of LGBTQ+ education in public schools following a Supreme Court ruling that affirmed parental rights. In the case of *Mahmoud v. Taylor*, the Court ruled that a Maryland school board&#8217;s policy, which eliminated an opt-out option for LGBTQ+-inclusive curriculum, infringed on parents&#8217; rights to exercise their religious beliefs. The Court emphasized that government mandates that conflict with a family&#8217;s religious teachings are unconstitutional. In response, Advocates for Faith &#038; Freedom has provided a customizable opt-out form for parents to use, allowing them to exclude their children from lessons on gender identity and related topics that contradict their faith. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/glaad-ceo-sarah-kate-ellis-wants-hollywood-to-increase-lgbtq-images-in-children-and-family-programming\/\" title=\"GLAAD CEO Sarah Kate Ellis Wants Hollywood to Increase LGBTQ Images in ...ren and Family Programming\">organization praised<\/a> the ruling as a victory for religious freedom, highlighting the need for schools to respect parents as educational partners. However, they also warned that challenges to parental rights may continue despite the ruling.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Faith group provides tools for parents to opt out of LGBT curriculum after Supreme Court ruling<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2160035\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>(The Center Square) &ndash; A nonprofit <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/religious-freedom\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">religious freedom<\/a> organization is providing tools for parents to help them opt out of public-school LGBTQ+ instruction, curriculum and materials after the <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/supreme-court\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Supreme Court<\/a>&rsquo;s landmark ruling on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>In Mahmoud v. Taylor, the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that a <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/maryland\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Maryland<\/a> school board&rsquo;s introduction of &ldquo;LGBTQ+-inclusive&rdquo; books and curriculum &ldquo;combined with its no-opt-out policy, burdens the parents&rsquo; right to the free exercise of religion.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3457250\/biden-harris-walz-attend-melissa-hortman-funeral\/\">Biden, Harris, and Walz attend funeral for former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3457234\/summer-heat-risk-child-deaths-hot-cars\/\">Rising summer heat increases risk of child deaths in hot cars<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3457233\/jeff-bezos-wedding-lauren-sanchez-lavish-venice\/\">Bespoke bash for a billionaire: Jeff Bezos weds Lauren S&aacute;nchez in lavish Venice ceremony<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The school board previously allowed for an opt-out policy but reversed it, arguing it was too difficult to manage, The Center Square&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecentersquare.com\/national\/article_a6cbdd1a-d213-40aa-9c79-d920016daa9c.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Because the school board refused to allow an opt-out option, the court held that if it didn&rsquo;t issue an injunction to halt the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/missouri-district-keeps-r-rated-books-in-school-library\/\" title=\"Missouri District Keeps R-Rated Books In ... Library\">school district&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s policy, parents would be forced to keep making the same choice. They would be forced to &ldquo;either risk their child&rsquo;s exposure to burdensome instruction, or pay substantial sums for alternative educational services,&rdquo; the ruling states. &ldquo;As we have explained, that choice unconstitutionally burdens the parents&rsquo; religious exercise, and &lsquo;[t]he loss of First Amendment freedoms, for even minimal periods of time, unquestionably constitutes irreparable injury.&rsquo;&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The court majority said that &ldquo;a government burdens the religious exercise of parents when it requires them to submit their children to instruction that poses &lsquo;a very real threat of undermining&rsquo; the religious beliefs and practices that the parents wish to instill.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>It also emphasized that parental rights and religious freedom were protected by the Constitution, arguing, &ldquo;The practice of educating one&rsquo;s children in one&rsquo;s religious beliefs, like all religious acts and practices, receives a generous measure of protection from the Constitution.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In response, California-based Advocates for Faith &amp; Freedom, which has been embroiled in lawsuits over parental rights and religious freedom for years, created a free, legal&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/faith-freedom.com\/parental-opt-out\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">opt-out form<\/a>&nbsp;for parents to use nationwide.<\/p>\n<p>The form is customizable, allowing parents to &ldquo;request that their child be exempt from exposure to any instruction or materials on gender identity, sexual orientation, or other related topics contrary to their faith,&rdquo; it says. This includes opting out of &ldquo;instruction, curriculum, or discussions related to gender identity, gender theory, sexual orientation, or any LGBTQ+-themed materials that conflict with their religious beliefs,&rdquo; it says.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Today&rsquo;s decision is a victory for religious freedom and the rights of parents. A parent should be treated by a school as a respected partner, not as someone to ignore or alienate from his\/her own child&rsquo;s education,&rdquo; Advocates for Faith &amp; Freedom president and chief counsel Robert Tyler said. &ldquo;The Supreme Court&rsquo;s opinion sends a two-part message to schools across the country: 1) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-blocks-vaccine-mandate-for-health-workers-in-new-york\/\" title=\"Judge Blocks Vaccine Mandate For Health Workers In New York\u00a0\">sincere religious beliefs<\/a> cannot be ignored and 2) a parent has every right to know what is going on with his\/her child at school.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The letter also includes affirmations of what the parents and family believe, including that biological sex is immutable, defined by God, and &ldquo;it is sinful and harmful to teach children that a person can change their biological sex and gender.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The letter defines what the it considers objectional materials and clarifies that no one at a child&rsquo;s school, including employees and third parties, are allowed &ldquo;to introduce, expose, teach or discuss [with the child] any book or curriculum that contains &lsquo;objectional materials.&rsquo;&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>It notes that parents have a First Amendment right to hold their religious beliefs and educate their children and anyone at the school who violates it and the Supreme Court injunction will face legal consequences.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;For too long, public schools have treated parental rights and the free exercise of religion as an &lsquo;empty promise,&rsquo;&rdquo; Advocates for Faith &amp; Freedom said.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/3455080\/mahmoud-v-taylor-supreme-court-parents-right-opt-kids-out-lgbt-books\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">SUPREME COURT SIDES WITH PARENTS WHO WANT TO OPT KIDS OUT OF LGBT SCHOOL BOOKS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It also notes that the ruling &ldquo;does not mark the end of the issue&rdquo; and that parents should <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >expect potentially ongoing challenges<\/a> to their First Amendment rights.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Public schools can be expected to try to limit the Supreme Court&rsquo;s holding and will find new ways to assert its power and to indoctrinate children,&rdquo; it said, adding that it remained committed to preserving the rights of parents, children and families.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thecentersquare.com%2Fnational%2Farticle_6383aaa7-6333-41fe-9a3f-e90d86385a6d.html%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Dfacebook%26utm_campaign%3Duser-share\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2160035\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2160035\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Faith group offers resources for parents to opt out of LGBT curriculum post-Supreme Court ruling<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2453325,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/AP20168483247515.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[4040,5152,5250,5520,5007],"class_list":["post-2453324","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-curriculum","tag-education","tag-faith","tag-lgbt","tag-parents"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/AP20168483247515.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2453324","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2453324"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2453324\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2453328,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2453324\/revisions\/2453328"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2453325"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2453324"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2453324"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2453324"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}