Maryland the Next Virginia

Virginia has a republican governor and attorney general largely because of parental rights issues involving democratic woke school board decisions. Montgomery County Maryland apparently hasn't learned anything from Virginia when it comes to parental rights and their children and just how riled up these parents can become:

Court: Parents in Maryland Cannot Opt Children Out of LGBTQ Curriculum (breitbart.com)

To be sure, this 2-1 court decision will be appealed as stated at the bottom of the article to the SCOTUS. Before that can happen, there is this little election in November. Maryland like Virginia could be very interesting to watch:

A federal court on Wednesday upheld a Maryland school district policy that does not allow parents to opt their young K-5 children out of curriculum about gender identity and sexuality.

In a 2-1 panel decision released by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, federal judges affirmed a lower court decision denying the request of religious parents to block the policy issued by the Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) board in March of 2023. Judge G. Steven Agee, a President George W. Bush appointee, wrote the majority opinion stating that parents did not present enough evidence to show that the policy violates the free exercise of their religion and their due process right to direct their children’s education.

Judge A. Marvin Quattlebaum, Jr., who was appointed by former President Donald Trump, wrote a dissenting opinion saying he would have overturned the district court ruling and blocked the school district’s policy.

“The parents have shown the board’s decision to deny religious opt-outs burdened these parents’ right to exercise their religion and direct the religious upbringing of their children by putting them to the choice of either compromising their religious beliefs or foregoing a public education for their children,” Quattlebaum wrote.

 

LOL! Thank God for the Free state of Florida.

 

Hmm, so ex-republican governor Larry Hogan has no chance to become a senator from Maryland. I don't think this is right.

Not that you read the article, it's religiously across the board disapproval with parents not liking the school board decisions, Christians, Jews, and Muslims. Maybe that won't be enough to swing elections, but it could.

Virginia appears to be in play:

InteractivePolls on X: " VIRGINIA POLL: Fabrizio Ward (R) & Impact Research (D) Joe Biden 43% Donald Trump 42% ⬜ Undecided 14% — Senate Tim Kaine 48% Hung Cao 36% ⬜ Undecided 16% — Job approval Sen. Kaine: 54-28 (+26) Gov. Youngkin: 53-36 (+17) Trump recalled: 47-49 (-2) Pres. Biden: https://t.co/jVQdfMmEgV" / X (twitter.com)

If/when RFK Jr. gets enough signatures to be on Virginia's ballot, Trump will likely take the lead.

 

Correction: We "woke" Virginians.

 

The suject are not age appropriate and not allowed in Florida. This has been decided by state law. There nothing in the schools to opt into. Leave our kids alone. There is nothing to prevent parents teaching the subjects at home which is an option.