Associated Press
A prince lassos a dragon, saving a knight in shining armor from certain death. But the prince slips and as he falls, the knight and his steed race to return the favor.
Then the two men fall in love.
That story, “Prince and Knight,” is one of five children’s books featuring LGBTQ characters and aimed at kindergarten through the fifth grade that have roiled a diverse suburban Maryland school district and led to a Supreme Court case that the justices will hear on Tuesday.
Parents in Montgomery County who object for religious reasons want to pull their children from elementary school classes that use the books.
The county school system has refused and lower courts have so far agreed.
But the outcome could be different at a high court dominated by conservative justices who have repeatedly endorsed claims of religious discrimination in recent years.
The parents argue that public schools cannot force kids to participate in instruction that violates their faith. They point to opt-out provisions in sex education and note that the district originally allowed parents to pull their children when the storybooks were being taught before abruptly reversing course.
One book that was originally part of the curriculum and then pulled for unexplained reasons is “My Rainbow,” co-written by Delaware state Rep. DeShanna Neal and daughter Trinity.
The story tells of Trinity’s desire for long hair as a transgender girl and her mother’s solution, knitting a rainbow wig.
Neal has grown used to having the book taken out of circulation at libraries, including in Florida, Ohio and Texas.
“School is a place to learn about why the world is different and how it’s different,” Neal said. “What I had hoped would come out of this book was, listen to your children. They know their own bodies.”
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Republished with permission of the Associated Press.
9 comments
Earl Pitts American
April 19, 2025 at 10:48 am
Good Morn ‘Ting Sage SCOTUS Judges,
I, Earl Pitts American, “HEREBY WEIGH IN” and recomend this “HOMER TESTICAL” BOOK be banned as it will lead too many kiddos into “THE HEARTBREAK OF HOMER TESTICALISM, AIDS, AND ITCHY BUNG HOLES”.
Thank you, Sage SCOTUS Judges, I, Earl Pitts know that even the “Wise Latina” holds my Sage Advice to be truethfull and in high esteam,
Earl Pitts American
Johnny Roberts
April 19, 2025 at 10:57 am
Thanks Earl, we’ve been waiting on you to weigh in with your correction and direction prior to rulling on the above case. Now we can go forward.
Thanks again, Johnny
Fu too
April 19, 2025 at 11:11 am
Grooming reproductive organs..for later life….is not what anyone needs. And kid crushes were not a topic of emotional education
Fu too
April 19, 2025 at 11:13 am
How they bond.no feelings of love
Fu too
April 19, 2025 at 11:19 am
They should begin a book on reproduction health. To better understand the situation
Fu too
April 19, 2025 at 11:34 am
Teaching all that nature disappointments have..like no limbs.. autism ..down syndrome .mental bi polars to schizophrenia.and depressions..chemical reproduction.. failures of developments. Can all go into we fall in love..
No one is above another..
Paul Passarelli
April 19, 2025 at 12:32 pm
The article begins:
“A prince lassos a dragon, saving a knight in shining armor from certain death. But the prince slips and as he falls, the knight and his steed race to return the favor.
Then the two men fall in love.
That story, “Prince and Knight,” is one of five children’s books featuring LGBTQ characters and aimed at kindergarten through the fifth grade …”
Men falling in love, and by the controversy I have to conclude they are referring to sexual love. Which is quite different from the ‘man-bond’ that one would expect from a matched pair of lifesaving efforts.
In short, the former is wholly inappropriate for K-5 students in Western Society, while the latter, might not be fully comprehended by that age group, but falls within the realm of a acceptable fantasy plot line, and character development.
Additionally, by 5th grade you can be certain that many of the boys will heartily mock the main characters as sissies, or worse. By age 11 boys will tent to experience physical attractions towards girls, whether they fully understand what is happening or not. This is *NORMAL* for the propagation of the species. Boys that are aroused sexually towards other boys are naturally perceived as a threat to that normalcy.
I’m not a book banner, and certainly not a book burner, but this book just by the summary fit my definition of ‘abnormal literature’ and as such has no place in a children’s classroom!
Furthermore, I would consider any teacher or school administrator that tried to expose K-5 students to such material to be guilty of child abuse!
The book deserves an NC-17 rating at the least.
I welcome intelligent debate.
Wendy
April 24, 2025 at 9:44 pm
No books are being banned. Period. You can purchase any of them on Amazon today. Taxpayers just aren’t being coerced into funding deviant, age inappropriate content in public schools. Enough from the hair on fire ignorant left.
cassandra
April 26, 2025 at 10:15 am
Why are the books “age inappropriate” Wendy?
Citation? (if you have any FACTS)
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