Supreme Court: California parents may be told about their transgender child at school

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WASHINGTON  — The Supreme Court revived a San Diego judge’s order Monday and said parents have a right to know about their child’s gender identity at school.The decision came in a 6-3 order granting an emergency appeal from lawyers for Chicago-based Thomas More Society.They said the student privacy policy enforced in California infringes on parents’ rights and the free exercise of religion.“The parents object that these policies prevent schools from telling them about their children’s efforts to engage in gender transitioning at school unless the children consent to parental notification,” the court said.

“The parents also take issue with California’s requirement that schools use children’s preferred names and pronouns regardless of their parents’ wishes.”The judge’s injunction “does not provide relief for all the parents of California public school students, but only for those parents who object to the challenged policies or seek religious exemptions,” the justices added.California California’s court battle over whether teachers can tell parents about a child’s gender-identity at school takes a new turn: Everything is on hold.The six conservatives were in the majority, while the three liberals dissented.

Religious liberty advocates hailed the decision.“Parents’ fundamental right to raise their children according to their faith doesn’t stop at the schoolhouse door,” said Mark Rienzi, president of the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty.“California tried cutting parents out of their children’s lives while forcing teachers to hide the school’s behavior from parents.

We’re glad the Court stepped in to block this anti-family, anti-American policy.”The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals had put on hold a late December ruling by U.S.District Judge Roger Benitez, who held that the student privacy rules enforced by California school offici...