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From Fox News: The Supreme Court’s conservative majority offered strong support for parents seeking the religious liberty right to be informed about and opt their children out of reading material in elementary schools that they say conflicts with their faith.
The Montgomery County, Maryland school board withdrew its original opt-out policy for books related to gender and sexuality, prompting a federal lawsuit.
In a marathon two-and-a-half oral argument, the justices debated whether parents have been unfairly burdened in exercising their constitutional rights.
It is one of three high-profile religious-themed cases the high court will decide this term—including disputes over tax exemptions for religious groups, and taxpayer funding for private religious charter schools—which will be argued next week.
The report notes that the liberal justices appeared to back the county’s position on the storybooks.
Justice Sonia Sotomayor tried to claim that there was no coercion involved, but simply “mere exposure.”
However, Justice Samuel Alito asked, “What is the big deal about allowing them to opt out of this?”
Below is audio of the Supreme Court hearing on Tuesday.
The Supreme Court appears to side with parents in religious liberty dispute over storybooks https://t.co/6LeVCHSGoi
— Fox News Politics (@foxnewspolitics) April 22, 2025
‘Let us be the parents’: Supreme Court should let parents opt kids out of LGBTQ school lessons, lawyer argues https://t.co/y8mlZCLgVM
— Fox News (@FoxNews) April 22, 2025
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