A divided U.S. Supreme Court has sided with religious parents who want to pull their children out of the classroom when a public school lesson uses LGBTQ-themed storybooks. The 6-3 decision in a case brought by parents in Maryland comes as certain books are increasingly being banned from public schools and libraries. In Justice Samuel Alito's majority opinion-joined by the rest of the court's conservatives-he wrote that the lack of an "opt-out" for parents places an unconstitutional burden on their rights to religious freedom.
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Michael Spurlin
ATPE
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