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A Massachusetts judge has ruled that a father cannot pull his 5-year-old son out of kindergarten lessons<\/a> that include books addressing “gender stereotypes.”<\/p>\n

Last year, U.S. District Judge F. Dennis Saylor IV granted a preliminary injunction to a Massachusetts<\/a> father \u2014 identified as Alan L. \u2014 to allow him to opt out his son \u2014 identified as J.L. \u2014 from kindergartner classroom instruction involving books with LGBTQ+ themes in Lexington Public Schools, according to the Boston Herald.<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n

However, on Tuesday, Saylor issued a memorandum ruling<\/u><\/a> in favor of Lexington Public Schools regarding two books in the kindergarten curriculum, the Herald reported.<\/p>\n

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Saylor said that the two disputed books, “Pink Is For Boys” and “Except When They Don’t,” do not fall under the opt-out provision because they focus on gender stereotypes rather than explicit themes regarding gender identity or LGBTQ+ relationships.<\/p>\n

According to its Amazon profile, “Pink Is for Boys<\/u><\/a>” is a book that “rethinks and reframes the stereotypical blue\/pink gender binary and empowers kids and their grown-ups to express themselves in every color of the rainbow.” The profile adds that it “invites and encourages children to enjoy what they love to do, whether it’s racing cars and playing baseball, or loving unicorns and dressing up.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

Amazon describes “Except When They Don’t<\/u><\/a>” as a “stereotype-breaking book” that “invites children to examine what they’re told \u2018boy\u2019 and \u2018girl\u2019 activities are and encourages them to play with whatever they want to and to be exactly who they are! This book is published in partnership with GLAAD to accelerate LGBTQ inclusivity and acceptance.”<\/p>\n

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In his Tuesday ruling, Saylor wrote that “because the book teaches about gender stereotypes, not gender identity, it does not violate plaintiff\u2019s religious faith, as defined in the complaint, and therefore falls outside the scope of the preliminary injunction.”<\/p>\n

Saylor also included a definition of the term “LGBTQ+,” appearing to quote Wikipedia and said that the term “means relating to people who \u2018[are of] a sexual orientation that is nonheterosexual, including lesbians, gay men, bisexual people, and asexual people; people who are transgender or non-binary; people who are intersex; and queer people.\u2019”<\/p>\n

“Based on the record evidence, defendants are not required to provide an opportunity for plaintiff to opt his child out of classroom instruction using the books Pink Is For Boys by Robb Pearlman and Except When They Don\u2019t by Laura Gehl,” Saylor wrote.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Sasha Gill, partner at Louison, Costello, Condon & Pfaff, LLP who is representing Lexington Public Schools, told Fox News Digital<\/a> in a statement: “The Court\u2019s ruling shows that parents do not have carte blanche in seeking opt-outs for religious reasons, and that opt-out requests need only be granted when the identified materials directly conflict with parents\u2019 stated beliefs.”<\/p>\n

“It\u2019s not about how the curricular materials are marketed to the public, or whether they have a connection to groups that advocate beliefs the parent finds objectionable,” Gill said. “The question is how the materials are actually presented to students \u2014 something the Supreme Court made very clear in Mahmoud.”<\/p>\n

She added, “Overly broad opt-out requests like the one made by this parent expose some of the practical implications of implementing Mahmoud in the public-school setting, but this is just the tip of the iceberg. For this one child, Lexington Public Schools administrators, teachers and paraprofessionals have now spent an unthinkable amount of time trying to ensure two same-sex characters in a storybook aren\u2019t standing too close to each other, lest they be considered gay-appearing enough.\u00a0 It\u2019s an incredible burden to put on public schools.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Source – https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/massachusetts-judge-rules-father-cant-opt-5-year-old-son-out-kindergarten-books-gender-stereotypes <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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