Our children are not children of the State. They are children of their parents. Religious parents should be allowed to raise their children consistent with their faith. In America—a country founded on religious liberty—that’s something that we can all agree on, right?
Sadly, some government officials in our nation’s schools don’t think that’s the case. They want to force radical gender and sexual ideology on students, even though it violates the beliefs of the family.
A case dealing with this very issue has made its way to the U.S. Supreme Court. In John and Jane Parents 1 v. Montgomery County, several religious parents are taking on a school board in Maryland, just outside our nation’s capital. The parents are challenging a policy requiring staff to hide children’s gender transitions from their own religiously observant parents.
This week, First Liberty filed a friend-of-the-court brief in that case. We submitted it on behalf of several religious groups, including the Jewish Coalition for Religious Liberty, American Hindu Coalition, Islam and Religious Freedom Action Team, Christian Legal Society and the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission.
