Wall Street Journal on Gender Storytime in Montgomery County

[Anonymous]

Is there a transcript of the oral arguments or just the audio recording?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:WaPo's opinion section just published a piece critical of MCPS:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/04/23/supreme-court-montgomery-county-mahmoud-taylor/

Here's a key fair-use excerpt:

But forcing children to read books that contravene their family’s faith suppresses diversity in the name of saving it. The district should have maintained the opt-out and, having made the mistake of rescinding it, should have restored it after parents protested. Instead, time and money were wasted defending a lawsuit. Those resources would have been better used to improve the quality of education for all Montgomery County students, regardless of what they believe.

My God. The editorial and the quotes from the Supreme Court make MCPS look and sound absolutely ridiculous. How embarrassing.

MCPS Central Office is to blame. Their crazy woke virtue signaling is so over the top. They prioritize DEI so much that it interferes with education and we end up with honors for all.

[Anonymous]

So what’s next? Banning gay or trans parents from back to school night so they don’t make these snowflakes uncomfortable?

Trans and gay kids have to go to separate schools to keep them apart from these plaintiffs’ kids?

Creating a registry of LGBTQ kids?

[Anonymous]

The people saying that parents who have a problem with this type of thing should withdraw their kids from public schools are making a big mistake. When people withdraw their kids from public schools, it results in less funding.

It would be better to acknowledge that people have different opinions about this particular issue, just like religion, and to agree that it’s inappropriate to discuss it in the classroom just like a religious teacher shouldn’t be allowed to read bible stories in the classroom (or stealthily put them on display in their classrooms for the kids to choose or otherwise “just make them available”) or discuss how or why certain kids will be going to hell. Just because they believe it, and believe it’s a moral failing for families to not teach it to their kids, doesn’t make it appropriate for the classroom in any form.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is it wrong to read picture books with ethnically diverse characters? What is the difference.

YES. White Christian straight characters only. MAGA.

People who are role models like Pete Hegseth and JD Vance. I’d have said Steven Miller but he’s Jewish, so not worthy of being a role model.

You realize the people protesting and asking for the opt out are like Muslim and Africans right? Lol. Dang Muslim and African white Christian nationalists. The white Christian nationalist movement seems to be one of the most diverse in the nation at this point. Muslims, Africans, Latino immigrants, etc. diversity is white Christian maga nationalists strength!

And once Becket has used them for cover, they’ll still be rounded up and deported. The white Christian nationalist movement that funded this movement is just waiting to get rid of books about Muslims and Africans and now they’ve been given the opportunity to do so. By Muslims and Africans. Who I hope enjoy reading books about white Christian men.

Put down the msnbc and take your medication

[Anonymous]

“I don’t think it’s appropriate to read about war because I’m a Quaker.”

“I don’t want my kid to read stories with girls or women who wear shirts or skirts above the ankles because it’s immodest and in my religion women cover up.”

“I believe Jews killed Christ and so I don’t want to read any book that glorifies their religion.”

See how this is going to go?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The people saying that parents who have a problem with this type of thing should withdraw their kids from public schools are making a big mistake. When people withdraw their kids from public schools, it results in less funding.

It would be better to acknowledge that people have different opinions about this particular issue, just like religion, and to agree that it’s inappropriate to discuss it in the classroom just like a religious teacher shouldn’t be allowed to read bible stories in the classroom (or stealthily put them on display in their classrooms for the kids to choose or otherwise “just make them available”) or discuss how or why certain kids will be going to hell. Just because they believe it, and believe it’s a moral failing for families to not teach it to their kids, doesn’t make it appropriate for the classroom in any form.

The First Amendment and subsequent Supreme Court rulings uphold that religious beliefs cannot be pushed in government institutions. There is no Constitutional basis for controlling discourse on ideas people may disagree with that don't have a religious origin. You can't equate teaching about hell with teaching that some families have two moms.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is it wrong to read picture books with ethnically diverse characters? What is the difference.

YES. White Christian straight characters only. MAGA.

People who are role models like Pete Hegseth and JD Vance. I’d have said Steven Miller but he’s Jewish, so not worthy of being a role model.

You realize the people protesting and asking for the opt out are like Muslim and Africans right? Lol. Dang Muslim and African white Christian nationalists. The white Christian nationalist movement seems to be one of the most diverse in the nation at this point. Muslims, Africans, Latino immigrants, etc. diversity is white Christian maga nationalists strength!

And once Becket has used them for cover, they’ll still be rounded up and deported. The white Christian nationalist movement that funded this movement is just waiting to get rid of books about Muslims and Africans and now they’ve been given the opportunity to do so. By Muslims and Africans. Who I hope enjoy reading books about white Christian men.

Put down the msnbc and take your medication

Awww are you one of the African or Muslim families realizing you got played? Project 2025 is happy to use you but they will never accept you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So what’s next? Banning gay or trans parents from back to school night so they don’t make these snowflakes uncomfortable?

Trans and gay kids have to go to separate schools to keep them apart from these plaintiffs’ kids?

Creating a registry of LGBTQ kids?

This kind of fear-mongering is not going to work. Grow up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The people saying that parents who have a problem with this type of thing should withdraw their kids from public schools are making a big mistake. When people withdraw their kids from public schools, it results in less funding.

It would be better to acknowledge that people have different opinions about this particular issue, just like religion, and to agree that it’s inappropriate to discuss it in the classroom just like a religious teacher shouldn’t be allowed to read bible stories in the classroom (or stealthily put them on display in their classrooms for the kids to choose or otherwise “just make them available”) or discuss how or why certain kids will be going to hell. Just because they believe it, and believe it’s a moral failing for families to not teach it to their kids, doesn’t make it appropriate for the classroom in any form.

The First Amendment and subsequent Supreme Court rulings uphold that religious beliefs cannot be pushed in government institutions. There is no Constitutional basis for controlling discourse on ideas people may disagree with that don't have a religious origin. You can't equate teaching about hell with teaching that some families have two moms.

The First Amendment also protects an individual's right to believe and practice any religion, or no religion, without government interference. MCPS activists attempting to indoctrinate little kids smells like governmental interference.

The Supreme Court looks like they will favor the plaintiffs by a vote of 7-2.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am primarily on MCPS’s side here but I think they screwed the pooch with a couple of the books. But Alito having no freaking clue about Uncle Bobby’s Wedding? Good lord he is dumb as a box of rocks.

https://www.rawstory.com/samuel-alito-2671834188/

Saying he's dumb misses the danger. It was intentional. This is the narrative he is using his power and pulpit to push.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:“I don’t think it’s appropriate to read about war because I’m a Quaker.”

“I don’t want my kid to read stories with girls or women who wear shirts or skirts above the ankles because it’s immodest and in my religion women cover up.”

“I believe Jews killed Christ and so I don’t want to read any book that glorifies their religion.”

See how this is going to go?

Well, MCPS never offered an opt-out for any other category of books. In this case, they did from the start, then canceled that option because.. it was too popular.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:“I don’t think it’s appropriate to read about war because I’m a Quaker.”

“I don’t want my kid to read stories with girls or women who wear shirts or skirts above the ankles because it’s immodest and in my religion women cover up.”

“I believe Jews killed Christ and so I don’t want to read any book that glorifies their religion.”

See how this is going to go?

Well, MCPS never offered an opt-out for any other category of books. In this case, they did from the start, then canceled that option because.. it was too popular.

And because Lynne Harris thought the parents who wanted the opt-out were ignorant bigots who were beneath her and not worthy of acknowledging or engaging with:

[Anonymous]

Isn’t Moco in the hole quite a bit with the budget this year anyway? I thought they were talking about increasing taxes to raise funds. If so, it seems like especially poor judgement to die on this hill.

They should just agree that if parents want their kids reading about trans kids or gay uncles or whatever then they can buy those books themselves or discuss it at home.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Isn’t Moco in the hole quite a bit with the budget this year anyway? I thought they were talking about increasing taxes to raise funds. If so, it seems like especially poor judgement to die on this hill.

They should just agree that if parents want their kids reading about trans kids or gay uncles or whatever then they can buy those books themselves or discuss it at home.

That’s not good enough for hateful zealots. It must be pushed on all, kneel before the trans altar or die is basically where it’s headed which is ironic because it’s a lot like religious fanaticism