California Public Schools Will Continue Indoctrinating Kids with LGBTQ Principles

In a landmark decision at the end of its latest term, the Supreme Court established in Mahmoud v. Taylor that parents have the right to receive notice for, and opt their children out of, public-school lessons that undermine their deeply held religious convictions regarding marriage and sexuality. The court came down firmly on the side of parents — not schools — as the primary guides of children’s moral education, forbidding schools from interfering with a child’s religious upbringing via mandatory instruction contrary to religious beliefs.

Yet California apparently missed the message. As the new school year approaches, recent communications from the California Department of Education indicate that the state isn’t requiring its public schools to change their woke-infused curricula. If leftist-controlled public-school districts persist in compulsory LGBTQ-related indoctrination, parents should sue — and the Department of Justice should take notice.

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John Gerardi

John Gerardi is the executive director of Right to Life of Central California in Fresno. A lawyer and the founding CEO and current development director of the Obria Medical Clinics of Central California, he hosts the radio shows and podcasts The John Gerardi Show and Right to Life Radio.

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In a landmark decision at the end of its latest term, the Supreme Court established in Mahmoud v. Taylor that parents have the right to receive notice for, and opt their children out of, public-school lessons that undermine their deeply held religious convictions regarding marriage and sexuality. The court came down firmly on the side of parents — not schools — as the primary guides of children’s moral education, forbidding schools from interfering with a child’s religious upbringing via mandatory instruction contrary to religious beliefs.

Yet California apparently missed the message. As the new school year approaches, recent communications from the California Department of Education indicate that the state isn’t requiring its public schools to change their woke-infused curricula. If leftist-controlled public-school districts persist in compulsory LGBTQ-related indoctrination, parents should sue — and the Department of Justice should take notice.