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Tensions between Muslim parents and Montgomery County Public Schools over the Maryland district's mandatory LGBTQ books escalated after a Democratic official compared the families to White supremacists.
Parental and religious freedom rights advocates, including a group of Muslim parents, on June 6, 2023, protest a Maryland school system policy that removes parents authority to opt their children out of homosexual and transgender coursework. / Credit: The Religious Freedom InstituteWashington D.C., Jun 8, 2023 / 09:30 am (CNA).A group of Muslim parents joined parental and religious freedom rights advocates Tuesday to protest a Maryland school system s new policy that removes the parents authority to opt their children out of coursework that promotes homosexuality and transgenderism.The June 6 protest at the Montgomery County public school district s headquarters was led by a group called Family Rights for Religious Freedom. About 50 parents and activists carried signs that read "family rights" and "restore the opt-out" while chanting slogans such as "protect our children" and "religious freedom now."Maryland law requires that school d
Parental and religious freedom rights advocates, including a group of Muslim parents, on June 6, 2023, protest a Maryland school system policy that removes parents’ authority to opt their children out of homosexual and transgender coursework. / .