Court upholds dismissal of suit over schools' same-sex teaching (AP)

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Source: Assocated Press

Court upholds dismissal of suit over schools' same-sex teaching
1/31/2008, 4:01 p.m. EST
The Associated Press

BOSTON (AP) — A federal appeals court on Thursday upheld
the dismissal of a lawsuit filed by Lexington parents who
objected to same-sex families being discussed in their
children's elementary school classrooms.

Tonia and David Parker of Lexington sued school officials
in April 2006 after their son brought home a book from
kindergarten that depicted a gay family. Joseph and Robin
Wirthlin joined the suit after a second-grade teacher
read the class a story about two princes falling in love.

In a ruling Thursday, the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
agreed with a judge who ruled in February 2007 that parents'
rights to exercise their religious beliefs are not violated
when their children are exposed to contrary ideas in school.

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