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splano

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Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Fri Jun 27, 2025, 01:15 PM

Jun 27

Had brunch today with a lawyer friend whose niece attends a rural school that uses a bible in some of their English lessons. She's looking forward to drafting an opt-out letter for her today given this ruling and seeing where it goes. Her opinion on the matter is that this places schools in even more legal jeopardy because it's inevitable that there will be one teacher, or one principal somewhere that will try and flout the ruling by ignoring the opt-out letter.

Texas and Oklahoma recently passed bills allowing or even requiring the bible to be taught in public schools. The Supreme Court just handed parents unhappy with those bills a tool for opting out.

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US supreme court rules schools must let kids opt out of hearing LGBTQ+ books [View all] BumRushDaShow Jun 27 OP

So I guess that means parents can opt their children Ms. Toad Jun 27 #1

I'd rather have rube parents opt-out, than have them filing lawsuits and ranting about programs they don't agree with. Silent Type Jun 27 #2

So for this to make any kind of sense at all Wiz Imp Jun 27 #3

Then parents and kids have the right to opt out of religious books!! Especially the Bible! Owens Jun 27 #4

This is just cruelty. Pulling those books is telling little gay kids they less human then others. Botany Jun 27 #5

But they can be forced edhopper Jun 27 #6

Well the short-sighted decision BumRushDaShow Jun 27 #8

"Muslims, Roman Catholics and Orthodox Christians..." Dawson Leery Jun 27 #7

I am living long enough to see my worst fears from my teenage years become reality. twodogsbarking Jun 27 #9

... splano Jun 27 #10

Then on faith grounds, I choose to opt out of Supreme Court rulings. After all, apparently we're all free to pick and Karasu Jun 27 #11

And people wondering why Muslims would vote EllieBC Jun 27 #12