A federal judge recently sided with a Christian dad who sued Lexington Public Schools in Massachusetts to opt his kindergartener out of LGBTQ lessons.
The father says that by exposing his child to such content, the school violated his "sincere and deeply held" religious beliefs as a "committed, practicing Christian." But before the lawsuit, all of his opt-out requests were reportedly denied.
Tina Descovich, co-founder of Moms for Liberty, is glad that this parent took action. She says he had a Supreme Court ruling from last summer on his side.
"[Mahmoud v. Taylor] was out of Montgomery County, Maryland, where the Supreme Court ruled that parents have the right to opt their children out of any curriculum or books that violate their religious liberties of what they're teaching their children," she summarizes.
Even so, Descovich says other courts are still trying to "go rogue" for the school districts across the country that continue pushing LGBTQ curriculum into young children's classrooms.
New Jersey, for example, has adopted standards that say by the second grade, children need to be able to understand they can be a boy or a girl, neither, or both. Books like "Families, Families, Families" and "Lovely" are the type of supplementary curriculum that teach these standards, so they are sanctioned by the government in many places.
But just as districts are allowed to do that, Descovich says parents absolutely have the right to opt their children out of those lessons that completely oppose their family's values and morals.
She thinks this most recent case is a good sign that lower courts will uphold what the Supreme Court already ruled on, and that is "no surprise" to Moms for Liberty.
