Can public schools force elementary-age students to participate in gender and sexuality instruction, with no notice given to parents and no ability to opt out? Can a state protect minors from medical transgender procedures? And can a state block abortion providers such as Planned Parenthood from receiving Medicaid funds?
In the next few weeks, the U.S. Supreme Court is set to decide on all three of these issues, and Christians are hoping that the rulings will support the rights of individuals and states to operate in ways that value human life and God’s created order.
Mahmoud v. Taylor
In Maryland, the Montgomery County Board of Education requires elementary school teachers to read to students storybooks that celebrate gender transitions, Pride parades and same-sex playground romance. Initially the board allowed parents to opt their children out of those sessions, but then it reversed course, announcing that no opt-outs would be permitted and that parents would not even be notified when the storybooks were to be read.
A coalition of parents is arguing that compelling elementary-age children to participate in instruction contrary to their parents’ religious…
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