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What Parents Should Expect After Supreme Court’s Ruling on Opt-Outs From Pro-LGBT Storybooks

A parents’ rights organization is encouraging families to remind local schools of this legal obligation before the academic year begins.
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What Parents Should Expect After Supreme Court’s Ruling on Opt-Outs From Pro-LGBT Storybooks
Children and supporters of parents advocating for religious rights demonstrate outside the Supreme Court in Washington on April 22, 2025. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images
Aaron Gifford
Aaron Gifford
7/16/2025|Updated: 7/17/2025
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When classes resume in public schools next month, parents across the nation should expect notification from school administrators about any “LGBTQ+ inclusive” instruction and the right to opt their children out of it for religious reasons.

The Supreme Court on June 27 ruled in favor of Maryland parents, many of them Christians and Muslims, who complained that their school district forced instruction about LGBT lifestyles on their young children. In a 6–3 vote, justices determined that although the district said the instruction consisted of lessons in mutual respect, the materials conveyed and reinforced viewpoints about same-sex marriage.

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Aaron Gifford has written for several daily newspapers, magazines, and specialty publications and also served as a federal background investigator and Medicare fraud analyst. He graduated from the University at Buffalo and is based in Upstate New York.
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