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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Mark Sherman

Supreme Court says Maryland parents can pull their kids from public school lessons using LGBTQ books

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The Supreme Court ruled on Friday that Maryland parents who have religious objections can pull their children from public school lessons using LGBTQ storybooks.

The justices reversed lower-court rulings in favor of the Montgomery County school system in suburban Washington. The high court ruled that the schools likely could not require elementary school children to sit through lessons involving the books if parents expressed religious objections to the material.

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