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Maryland Parents Urge Supreme Court to Allow Children to Opt Out of LGBT Storybooks

Two lower courts have declined to halt a local board of education’s policy.
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Maryland Parents Urge Supreme Court to Allow Children to Opt Out of LGBT Storybooks
A newly donated LGBT book is displayed in the library at Nystrom Elementary School in Richmond, Calif., on May 17, 2022. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
Matthew Vadum
Matthew Vadum
9/16/2024|Updated: 9/16/2024
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Maryland parents have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to restore their right to opt their young children out of having storybooks that promote LGBT lifestyles read to them.

The petition in Mahmoud v. Taylor was filed after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit turned away the parents’ request for an injunction to halt the Montgomery County Board of Education’s policy of promoting the books.
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