Supreme Court takes up parents' challenge to LGBTQ story time in elementary school

The Supreme Court has agreed to take up a legal challenge over whether parents can keep their children out of LGBTQ story time in public elementary schools. It took at least four justices to vote in favor Friday of hearing the dispute for the case to be granted. The conflict arose when the Montgomery County Board of Education in Maryland decided not to let elementary-age kids opt out of reading storybooks on gender transitioning, pride parades and other LGBTQ issues. While high school-age students can opt-out, elementary age and children as young as 3 can’t, according to the law firm representing the parents challenging the policy. The school board in the fall of 2022 rolled out the school curriculum that celebrates pronouns, pride parades and gender transitioning, including the “inclusivity” reading program for students from prekindergarten through fifth grade. At the time, parents were given notice and told they could opt their children out. But in 2023, the school system reversed …