<p>Six <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/maryland">Maryland</a> parents are suing their children&#8217;s school board for allegedly forcing their children to read &#8220;Pride&#8221; themed books without parental knowledge.</p>
<p>The three couples, who come from different religious backgrounds, filed a <a href="https://becketnewsite.s3.amazonaws.com/20230524130022/Complaint-in-Mahmoud-v.-McKnight.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">lawsuit</a> Tuesday in federal court against the Montgomery County Board of Education, alleging the board violated their parental rights.</p>
<p>The lawsuit comes after the school board in October compiled a <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1J0TsuuWckSvLucXh_xxl28X7eD0EkHzZjR6eXLBqOR4/edit" target="_blank" rel="noopener">list</a> of 13 new &#8220;LGBTQ-inclusive&#8221; books.</p>
<p>The board also allegedly informed parents they could no longer opt their children out of the curriculum.</p>
<p>The school board &#8220;claims authority to introduce pre-K and elementary school kids to certain books (the &#8216;Pride Storybooks”&#8217;) that promote one-sided transgender ideology, encourage gender transitioning, and focus excessively on romantic infatuation — with no parental notification or opportunity to opt out,&#8221; the lawsuit states.</p>
<p>The parents&#8217; lawsuit argues that the board&#8217;s new LGBT book list and the lack of opt-out options violates a <a href="https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0618f.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">state law</a> that requires school boards to notify parents beforehand about any curriculum material related to &#8220;sexuality&#8221; and allow them to &#8220;withdraw the child from the course or lesson.&#8221;</p>
<p>The Maryland law states that parents may “object to instructional material and other materials, … if the objection is based on beliefs regarding morality, religion, philosophy, any fundamental value system deemed important by a parent, or the belief that the materials are harmful.”</p>
<p>The board also violated one of its own policies, the lawsuit claims.</p>
<p>The parents&#8217; legal team is asking the court to immediately block the school board’s no parental notice or opt-out option policy.</p>
<p>One of the books on the &#8220;Pride&#8221; list is titled &#8220;Love, Violet&#8221; and is meant for children as young as kindergarten. The book is about girls falling in love with other girls.</p>
<p>Another book is titled &#8220;Born Ready: The True Story of a Boy Named Penelope,&#8221; also aimed at children as young as kindergarten, and teaches children that a girl may actually be a boy.</p>
<p>&#8220;Pride Puppy,&#8221; aimed at ages three to five, serves as an &#8220;introduction to Pride parades for the youngest readers,&#8221; <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Pride-Puppy-Robin-Stevenson/dp/1459824849" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to Publishers Weekly.</p>
<p>The lawsuit also claims that the &#8220;Pride&#8221; books invites children as young as three to look for images of an &#8220;intersex flag,&#8221; a &#8220;drag king,&#8221; a &#8220;drag queen,&#8221; &#8220;leather,&#8221; &#8220;underwear,&#8221; and a picture of &#8220;LGBTQ activist and sex worker, Marsha P. Johnson.&#8221;</p>
<p>The lawsuit names school board members as well as Superintendent Monifa McKnight of Montgomery County Public Schools, which covers an affluent area directly north of Washington, D.C.</p>
<p>The six parents are Muslim, Catholic, and Orthodox Christian and are being represented by the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, a conservative law firm focused on religious freedom.</p>
<p>&#8220;Children are entitled to guidance from their own parents, who know and love them best, regarding how they’ll be introduced to complex issues concerning gender identity, transgenderism, and human sexuality,&#8221; <a href="https://www.becketlaw.org/media/maryland-parents-sue-for-right-to-opt-kids-out-of-pride-storybooks/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> Eric Baxter, vice president and senior counsel at the Becket Fund.</p>
<p>&#8220;Like states nationwide, Maryland has long recognized that parents have the right to opt their children out of school activities that conflict with their religious beliefs or push sham science,&#8221; Baxter said.</p>

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