Parents can opt their children out of school lessons with LGBTQ+ characters or themes, the Supreme Court ruled Friday.
The big picture: The ruling is a win for conservatives as schools have become a major partisan battleground.
Zoom in: The case originated in Montgomery County, Maryland, where three sets of parents objected to books that depicted same-sex relationships and a Pride parade.
- The school initially offered parents a way to opt their children out of those lessons but dropped it after it became too unwieldy to administer.
- But parents must be able to have their kids skip lessons to which the parents have a religious objection, the court ruled in a 6-3 decisionwritten by Justice Samuel Alito.
Oral arguments had indicated that this was the most likely outcome…
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