Just 0.03625% of the total students.
ReutersBy Andrew ChungJune 27, 2025Summary
- Parents seek opt-outs for classes with LGBT storybooks
- Maryland county school board refused to allow opt-outs
- Case pits religious rights against LGBT inclusion
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Friday in favor of Christian and Muslim parents in Maryland who sued to keep their elementary school children out of certain classes when storybooks with LGBT characters are read in a high-profile case involving the intersection of religion and LGBT rights.The justices in a 6-3 ruling overturned a lower court's refusal to require Montgomery County's public schools to provide an option to opt out of these classes. The lower court had rejected the argument made by a group of parents who sued the school district that its policy prohibiting opt-outs violated the Constitution's First Amendment protections for the free exercise of religion.
Out of approximately 160,000 students, 58 parents said no thinks.
Think about those getting up and out of the class when they talk about those books. How do you think the student feels when they leave the classroom? The book list is here.
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