Parents in Massachusetts hope to take their case before the US Supreme Court after a federal court ruled that they have no constitutional right to notify them of the gender transition to their child at school.
In the rule of February 18, The American Court of Appeal For the first circle, a dismissal circle from the lower court of the lawsuit filed by the fathers Stephen Foot and Marisa Silvestry in 2022 against Lodlo Public Schools.
The lawsuit is accused of school staff at Paul R. Bird Medium in Ludo, Massachusetts, to encourage their 11 -year -old daughter to adopt a new name and different sexes between the sexes during school.
The parents argue that the school’s non -disclosure policy, which maintains the sexual identity required for the student from parents unless the student agrees, is the rights of parents protected under the requirement of legal procedures due in Fourteenth modification.
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Parents lost a lawsuit in the Federal Court this month in challenging the policy of Massachusetts County a school that confirmed and hid the identity of their child. (Istock via Getty/AP Photo)
“The School Committee of Lodlo and the teachers involved) exceeded the limits of legal educational concerns and raped the role of (prosecutors) and other parents in the town of Lodlo to direct education and raise their children, and make medical health decisions, support their children, promote them, and family support,“ The laws claim.
Vernadette Ramirez Broyles, the president and general adviser to the child and parents' rights holders, represented the parents in the court and said they were planning to submit a petition to the US Supreme Court to review the case.
“We are very disappointed and frankly disturbed by this decision,” Broils told Fox News Digital. “I really think parents are all over the country, Via MassachusettsOf all political lines, he will be upset with this. “
According to the lawsuit, students of the Baird Middle School School have been granted a video of the CV by the school library secretary who asked them to include their consciences. After that, the prosecutor's daughter began receiving “unwanted” video suggestions on the school computer, which made her begin to question her sexual identity and gender, as the lawsuit says.
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After the teacher informed the parents that their daughter had confirmed that she was fighting depression and issues of self -esteem and confusion about her sexual life, the parents thanked the teacher and sent them by email to the teachers and sent them to inform them that they were looking for special advice for their child. Parents directly ordered school officials not to hold private talks with their daughter on this case.
Without the parents ’knowledge, the daughter later sent an email to the school’s advisor to say that she is“ sexual ”and asked to be called in a new name and pronouns in the school.
The parents claim that many school officials – the librarian, the principal, the advisor and the supervisor – have violated their request by confirming the student and advising them about their sexual identity, without their knowledge or consent, according to the policy of not disclosing the province.
Parents of defense of education say more than a thousand school regions across the country have non -stalled sexual identity policies. (Istock)
A committee of 3 judges from the first department court, consisting of fully consisting of democratic presidential appoinals, along with the Lodlo School.
The committee ruled that the policy of non -disclosure in the province “does not restrict the rights of parents in a way that the courts recognized as a violation to ensure due legal procedures.”
Recognized judgment Parents' rights to be “aware of the important aspects of their child's life and guidance,” but added that these rights are “not unlimited.”
“Parents may not call for legal procedures to create a favorite educational experience for their children in public schools,” the ruler is born.
The committee rejected the parents' argument that the school's actions were a medical treatment or mental health, and he argued that discussions about sexual identity with the student were within the scope of the school's ability to make “systematic and administrative decisions”.
Parents all over the country have filed lawsuits against educational areas to hide the sexual identity of students from parents. (Fox News Digital)
The judges argued that the Lodlo protocol followed the directives provided by the Ministry of Elementary and Secondary Education in the Commonwealth, and to advise schools on how to comply with the laws of the state against discrimination in sexual identity in public schools.
the Desire instructions School officials suggest that they accommodate the sexual identity required for the student to make them feel safe and supported and request their approval before informing parents, if they are 14 years old or older.
“If the student is less than 14 years old and is not in the ninth grade yet, the student's father (alone) has a decision to decide on disclosure and other issues of students' record,” says guidance.
Broyles Fox News Digital told there that there were a number of problems with this defense.
First, the Ministry of Education’s guidelines were voluntary, so schools were not required to follow up. Second, in this case it was not applied because students are less than 14 years old, and the third, this guidance should still be explained in the light of the American constitution.
She said that the court ruling expanded the authority of school officials regarding “personal and intimate mental health decisions.”
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The lawyers of Massachusetts Stephen Foot and Marissa Silvistry have argued that the protocol not disclosing sexual identity, confirming the identity of the gender of students without consulting parents, was an unconstitutional intervention of mental health. (Istock)
She said: “effectively, parents lose the ability to direct their children if they choose to send their children to public schools they pay in their taxes. This cannot be the standard for the children of the first circle.”
The lawsuit claimed that school officials also applied the sexual identity protocol to their 12 -year -old son, who also began to use different name and pronouns at the same time of these events. However, the decision of the Federal Court focused only on the younger child, saying that there are “slightly relevant details” provided a specific and provided to the brothers of the older student.
The Massachusetts Family Institute also represented parents in court.
Ludo's defendants' lawyers did not respond to the comment requests.
David Luis, lawyer for the Lodlo School Committee, called on the first department's decision as “a well -thoughtful and distinguished opinion”, ” Reuters mentioned.
The issue is one of several upcoming cases at the national level Parents are sued educational areas On their sexual identity policies that hide the identity of the child's transgender child from parents.
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According to parents in conservative education who defend education, there are at least there 1,195 school regions Through 37 states and Washington, the capital, which has policies explicitly stating that school officials “can or should maintain the position of the transgender student hiding from parents.”
President Trump signed an executive in January calling for federal funding for “illegal and discriminatory treatment and indoctrination in K-12 schools, including the ideology of both sexes and the ideology of discriminatory stocks.”
Reuters contributed to this report.
