Parents and teachers who oppose the state policies sued, claiming their parental, free speech and religious rights were violated.
The Supreme Court on Monday barred California from enforcing state rules that restrict when schools can notify parents about students who come out as transgender and requires teachers to use children’s preferred pronouns.
The court, on a 6-3 vote on ideological lines, allowed a federal judge’s ruling in favor of parents who oppose the policy on religious grounds to go into effect. The San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals had put the judge’s decision on hold pending further litigation.
The court’s ruling focused on the parents’ claim that their rights under the free exercise clause of the Constitution’s First Amendment were violated. The court also said they have valid parental rights claims under the Constitution’s 14th Amendment.
Do children really have the same rights as an adult though? Are parents not legally obligated to care for and to protect their children from access to firearms or a medical condition?
Their parents are allowed to take care and protect them. No doubt about that. But they should still be allowed to be themselves.
That’s not what was presented to the Supreme Court. This wasn’t a ban on kids being transgender or having anything medically done outside of their household. It’s about hiding it from their parents. And the people crying foul about bad parents out there should probably take another look at eugenics then if they don’t like what some parents are doing.
Holy shit… A kid is growing up and going to be feeling hormones for the first time. The last thing they’re going to want to do is be open book in front of god and everyone. Should their parents be there for them? Absolutely. But they shouldn’t be held at gun point to speak.
“If you don’t want abusive parents to find out their child is trans then you should consider adopting some Nazi ideology”
Jesus fucking Christ that came out of nowhere.
If a child gains access to a firearm would you say the “parent’s rights” were violated? Or is it just dangerous and against the law?