'Children Do Not Belong to the Government': Federal Judge Smacks Down CA Gender Secrecy Policies
LGBTQ Issues,Children,Education,DEI,Gender,Sex Education,California Politics,Parental Rights In Education,California
California public schools can no longer deceive parents or force teachers to keep parents in the dark about their child's gender confusion, after a federal court declared the practice to be unconstitutional.
U.S. District Judge Roger Benitez has issued a permanent injunction against what he called "parental exclusion policies," which required teachers to withhold information about a student's gender expression unless the child consented.
The decision came in Mirabelli, et al. v. Olson, et al., a class-action lawsuit brought by parents and teachers represented by the Thomas More Society...
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