California Family Council Urges Religious Parents to Opt Their Children Out of LGBTQ Curriculum

In a landmark decision today, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Mahmoud v. Taylor that parents have a constitutional right to opt their children out of public school lessons that conflict with their religious beliefs. The ruling represents a resounding victory for parental rights, religious freedom, and the protection of young children from government-imposed ideological conformity.

“This is the most significant affirmation of parental rights we’ve seen from the Court in a generation,” said Jonathan Keller, President of California Family Council. “For too long, California schools have treated parents as obstacles instead of partners. Today’s decision sends an unmistakable message: moms and dads, not bureaucrats or activist teachers, have the final say in how their children are formed on matters of faith, sexuality, and morality.”

California at the Epicenter of Indoctrination

The ruling comes as a direct rebuke to the kind of LGBTQ-centered curriculum that has flooded California public schools in recent years, often beginning as early as kindergarten. Far from neutral, California’s content doesn’t merely acknowledge the existence of individuals who identify as LGBTQ. It teaches children to admire, celebrate, and emulate LGBTQ figures and lifestyles—while subtly casting those who disagree in a negative, even hateful light.

California Family Council has long sounded the alarm about these indoctrinating classroom materials:

In 2018, CFC reported that a first-grade textbook praised a gubernatorial candidate, Gavin Newsom, solely for his gay activism (source).
That same year, second graders were taught “honesty” using a flamboyant drag queen as the moral example (source).
Another curriculum highlighted Harvey Milk—an adult man with known ties to underage boys—as a role model of “bravery” for elementary school children (source).
Parents who objected were often ignored or ridiculed (source).

What Comes Next: A Call to Action

California Family Council urges all religious parents, especially Christian parents—to act now. With the legal door open, it’s time to flood local schools with formal opt-out requests.

“This is our ‘Red Sea moment,’” Keller declared. “God just parted the legal waters. Now it’s up to parents to walk through.”

A Victory With National Impact

Though the case originated in Maryland, the Court’s decision will have profound national implications—and none more significant than in California. School districts in the Golden State have led the nation in implementing LGBTQ-centered content without accommodation for dissenting families. That ends today.

“This is more than a win in court,” said Keller. “It’s a win for common sense, for religious liberty, and for every child who deserves to be raised according to their family’s deeply held beliefs—not the ideology of Sacramento or Equality California.”