Muslim Parents Join Conservatives in Confronting LGBTQ Books
Muslim parents and Moms for Liberty have at least one thing in common: Both are alarmed about the infusion of LGBTQ books and other materials in school classrooms and libraries.
Muslim families are raising their political profiles as they join the parental rights debate, most recently in Montgomery County, Maryland, where the school district has approved a host of books on homosexuality and transgenderism for the pre-K 5 curriculum and removed an opt-out choice.
“One of the fathers who had reached out to us said his daughter is a third-grader, and she came home and told him, ‘Daddy, I’m not a she. I want to be a they,’” said Zainab Chaudry, director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations’ Maryland office. “He was like, ‘She’s in third grade. What does she know about gender?’”
The fight goes beyond Montgomery County. Last year, Muslim parents were among those who packed board of education meetings in Dearborn, Michigan, over sexually themed LGBTQ books in school libraries. Their objections upended stereotypes about what The New Yorker called “the right-wing mothers fueling the school-board wars.”
“It’s everywhere,” Ms. Chaudry said. “It’s in multiple counties in Maryland, and not just the school systems in Maryland. It’s across the country.” (Read more from “Muslim Parents Join Conservatives in Confronting LGBTQ Books” HERE)
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