The Supreme Court ruled in favor of a group of Maryland parents who sued a school board over its refusal to allow elementary school children to be taken out of classes with LGBTQ-themed storybooks.
In a 6-3 decision along ideological lines, the justices overturned a lower court ruling that found the parents needed to show that their kids were being coerced to act differently than their religious beliefs.
“A government burdens the religious exercise of parents when it requires them to submit their children to instruction that poses ‘a very real threat of undermining’ the religious beliefs and practices that the parents wish to instill,” Justice Samuel Alito wrote for the majority.
“And a government cannot condition the benefit of free public education on parents’ acceptance of such instruction.”
