Authors blast 'harmful' SCOTUS ruling allowing parents to opt kids out of reading their LGBTQ+ books

Authors of LGBTQ+ books condemned the Supreme Court ruling allowing parents to opt children out of lessons with homosexuality and transgender themes based on religious objections.

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The Maryland parents who sued said in their petition to the high court that the Montgomery County Public Schools board introduced books to their elementary school students that promoted "gender transitions, Pride parades, and same-sex playground romance." 

The parents said the school board initially allowed parents to opt their children out of lessons involving those books but then prevented opt-outs. They also said the presence of the books created "indirect pressure to forgo a religious practice," which created enough of a burden to violate their religious freedom rights.