The Supreme Court ruled on the 27th that parents have the right to exclude their children from classes that use books containing LGBT content in elementary schools. The Supreme Court ruled in a lawsuit filed by a conservative parents’ group against the Montgomery County Board of Education in Maryland that “schools cannot force students to participate in classes if parents have religious objections to the book.”
This overturned a lower court decision, with six conservative justices leading the ruling, while three liberal justices dissented.
The Montgomery County Board of Education previously approved several books to be used in the 2022 English curriculum, including a children’s book called “The Prince and the Knight,” which tells the story of a prince and a knight who fall in love after defeating a dragon.
Another book, “Uncle Bobby’s Wedding,” contains a nephew who worries that his uncle will have less time to spend with him after marrying another man. In addition, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of Texas in a lawsuit filed by the adult entertainment industry claiming that the state’s law requiring age verification when accessing porn sites is unconstitutional.
The Supreme Court also ruled to maintain insurance companies’ provision of free preventive health services under the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) and to maintain $8 billion in subsidies for internet and phone services in rural and low-income communities.