Families ask court to shield kids from homosexual indoctrination
Jim Brown
OneNewsNow.com
February 15, 2007

Two Massachusetts couples are waging a federal court battle for the right to opt their elementary school children out of classroom discussions on homosexuality. U.S. District Judge Mark Wolf will soon decide whether Lexington school officials must stand trial in connection with a federal civil lawsuit brought by the Parker and Wirthlin families.

The two Bay State couples claim Lexington school officials violated their parental rights by refusing to notify them when homosexuality was discussed favorably in their children's classrooms. David Parker says his five-year-old son was even sent home with a "diversity book bag" that included a book about a homosexual family.

Attorneys for the Lexington School District claim introducing homosexuality to children five years old and up is a "legitimate state interest." But Parker says there is “an undue burden on parents when teachers continuously are affirming and celebrating homosexual relationships and gay marriage behind their backs. the rest