Court rejects parents’ attempt to opt kids out of LGBTQ-inclusive reading assignments | The Hill

In August 2023, U.S. District Judge Deborah Boardman found that the parents were unlikely to succeed on the merits and denied their request to keep the policy in place while the case proceeds. She found that they failed to show that the lack of an opt-out policy would result in the "indoctrination of their children" or "coerce their children to violate or change their religious beliefs." 

"The parents still may instruct their children on their religious beliefs regarding sexuality, marriage, and gender, and each family may place contrary views in its religious context," Boardman wrote in the order last year. 

"No government action prevents the parents from freely discussing the topics raised in the storybooks with their children or teaching their children as they wish," she added...

https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/4667019-court-rejects-parents-attempt-to-opt-kids-out-of-lgbtq-inclusive-reading-assignments/