The parents argue that requiring their young children “to participate in instruction contrary to their parents’ religious convictions violated the Free Exercise Clause.”
The Supreme Court will hear arguments on Tuesday in a case brought forth by Maryland parents against Montgomery County Board of Education members over the mandated inclusion of storybooks that “celebrate gender transitions, explore Pride parades, and introduce same-sex romance between young children.”
The case was brought against the board by Muslim parents Tamer Mahboud and Enak Barakat, Catholic and Ukrainian Orthodox parents Jeff and Svitlana Roman, and Catholic Chris and Melissa Persak, all of whom have children in the county, as well as the unincorporated association Kids First, which was formed to “protect parental opt-out rights in the Montgomery County…
