The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel and Vice President of Appellate Advocacy John Bursch regarding a friend-of-the-court brief ADF attorneys filed Monday with the U.S. Supreme Court in Mahmoud v. Taylor, a case in which a diverse group of Maryland parents is challenging a public school district’s refusal to opt their children out of classroom activities that try to change the children’s religious beliefs about sexuality and gender. ADF attorneys filed the brief on behalf of Wisconsin mother Tammy Fournier, whose daughter’s former school district insisted on treating the girl as a boy despite Tammy’s express instructions not to do that:
“Parents have the fundamental right to make decisions about the upbringing and education of their children. Government officials may not second-guess loving parents’ decisions. For centuries, American history, tradition, and judicial precedent have made that clear. But today, many school officials act as if their job is to replace parents and their beliefs—not support them. Our Constitution forbids schools from indoctrinating children with uniform views on sexuality and gender, views that are hotly debated, in conflict with their families’ religious beliefs, and that turn children into lifelong medical experiments and patients. We urge the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse the lower court decision and allow parents to choose what’s best for their children’s education.”
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