Maryland Parents Can’t Opt Kids Out of LGBTQ Book Instruction

Maryland’s largest public school system doesn’t have to give advance notice to parents to opt their children out of reading and discussing LGBTQ-themed books while they pursue a constitutional challenge to the no-opt-out policy, a federal judge ruled Thursday.

The plaintiffs—Muslim, Catholic, and Orthodox Christian parents—are unlikely to succeed in their First Amendment and due process challenge, the US District Court for the District of Maryland said. Judge Deborah L. Boardman denied their request for a preliminary injunction that would have ordered the Montgomery County Public School System to let the students opt out.

She also rejected the parents’ request ...