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Religious parents urge Supreme Court to restore opt-outs for Pride Storybooks
A diverse group of religious parents asked the Supreme Court Tuesday to restore their ability to opt their children out of storybooks that push one-sided ideology on gender and sexuality. In&nbsp;
Mahmoud v. Taylor<[link removed]>, the Montgomery County Board of Education took away parental notice and opt-outs for storybooks that celebrate gender transitioning, pride parades, and pronoun preferences with kids as young as three and four. Older students can opt out when similar topics are introduced during health class. Becket represents a diverse coalition of religious parents, including Muslims, Christians, and Jews, who challenged the opt-out ban in 2023 (
Watch this short video<[link removed]> to learn more.)

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Becket&rsquo;s 2024
Religious Freedom Index<[link removed]>, released this January, confirms that Americans side with parents in Mahmoud. A majority of Americans (77%) agree that parents should be able to opt their children out of controversial public school curriculum content if it violates their religious beliefs or if they think it is not age-appropriate. And only 3% of Americans said that it was appropriate for schools to instruct children on concepts such as human sexuality and gender identity in Pre-K or Kindergarten. Check out those findings in our
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Becket&rsquo;s Index also reflected the significant finding
making headlines<[link removed]>&nbsp;across
other polling<[link removed]>: that the level of religiosity in America, after decades of decline, may be leveling out and even increasing among younger demographics. Click
here<[link removed]>&nbsp;for the entire Index to learn about these findings and more.&nbsp;

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Mahmoud v. Taylor in the news:&nbsp;

Classroom<[link removed]>
Defending Faith and Parental Rights in the Classroom
FIRST THINGS&nbsp; |&nbsp; APRIL 21, 2025&nbsp; |&nbsp;
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Schools Should Be Working with Parents Like Me
REAL CLEAR POLICY&nbsp; |&nbsp; APRIL 22, 2025&nbsp; |&nbsp;
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Nonreligious Parents Have Rights Too
WALL STREET JOURNAL&nbsp; |&nbsp; APRIL 21, 2025&nbsp; |&nbsp;
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Schools are pushing LGBTQ books on kids. Supreme Court should side with parents.
USA TODAY&nbsp; |&nbsp; APRIL 22, 2025&nbsp; |&nbsp;
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Let Parents Protect Their Kids from Gender Ideology in Public Schools
NATIONAL REVIEW&nbsp; |&nbsp; APRIL 22, 2025&nbsp; |&nbsp;
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Montgomery County's unneeded Supreme Court fight
WASHINGTON POST&nbsp; |&nbsp; APRIL 23, 2025&nbsp; |&nbsp;
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