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By Guy Ciarrocchi
Arguing this week before the US Supreme Court, the attorney for the Montgomery County (Maryland) School Board said the district had to take away parental choice: too many students want to opt out of their lessons. Imagine: parents didn’t want their children to be compelled to read or have to listen to a teacher read to them sexually explicit and gender-searching books.
The books at issue include “Pride Puppy,” “Jacob’s Room to Choose” and “Born Ready.”
This Supreme Court case, Mahmoud v. Taylor, is perhaps the most important parents’ rights case in years. At the same time, perhaps unintentionally, it’s the most important new argument of school choice since the Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of school choice (tuition vouchers) in Zelma v. Simmons-Harris in 2002.
Why It Matters. Tragically, as has been the case for over a decade, many public schools — especially in the suburbs — have been shifting the focus off of academic excellence and onto social and political causes. And, all too often, they are leading the culture wars, especially when it comes to race, sex, and now gender discussions. To the surprise of most of us, “educators” and school boards decided that what was wrong with America wasn’t falling test scores but that not enough six-year-olds had considered their gender.
And as we have learned across suburban Philadelphia, many districts have policies that willfully and purposefully withhold information from parents about issues concerning their child’s sexual behavior, gender confusion, and mental health. The arrogance, the disrespect for parents, and the contempt for common sense is almost immeasurable in too many districts
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