Parental rights cases will not disappear anytime soon
August 3, 2024 at 2:47 a.m.
by
Terry Mattingly
The vague 22-word prayer from the New York Board of Regents was totally nondenominational: "Almighty God, we acknowledge our dependence upon Thee, and we beg Thy blessings upon us, our parents, our teachers and our Country."
A few parents protested, saying any kind of prayer -- even voluntary -- violated the rights of students from homes led by atheists, agnostics or believers from other faiths.
In other words, the pivotal 1962 Engel v. Vitale school-prayer decision was a parental rights case. Schools had to change.
Two years ago, the Montgomery County Board of Education created a policy requiring pre-K and elementary students to read texts about LGBTQ+ life. A Maryland network of Muslim, Christian and Jewish parents protested, saying this violated their parental rights by exposing their children to beliefs that clashed with beliefs in their own homes.
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