NEW RESOURCE: Mirabelli v. Bonta and the Constitutionality of Gender Identity Policies in Public Schools
Parents, stand up for parental rights and protect the kids in your district. Send this new legal advisory to your school committee today!
Earlier this spring, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a key decision that struck a major blow against secret gender transition policies in public schools across the country.
Back in March we exposed the Leominster Public Schools and their “Gender Support Plans” that specifically cut out parents who are not “affirming” and - not only let the school keep secrets - but instruct their teachers to do so as well. We know that Leominster isn’t alone, and many Massachusetts public schools require teachers to lie to parents about their own children and cover up students’ gender dysphoria. Thankfully, this important recent Supreme Court decision has dramatically changed the legal landscape, and it has powerful impacts for the Bay State.
In Mirabelli v. Bonta, California passed a law that requires schools to hide students’ gender identities from parents unless the students consent, and requires teachers to use students’ “preferred pronouns” even if parents object. After parents sued, a federal district court issued a permanent injunction that forced the state to back down. But when California appealed the decision, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals put the injunction on hold.
Now the U.S. Supreme Court has granted the parents’ emergency petition to put the injunction back in place. The Court issued a short opinion stating that the parents were likely to succeed not only on their religious liberty claims against the California laws but also on their parental rights claims. It stated that “under long-established precedent, parents—not the State—have primary authority with respect to the upbringing and education of children.”
While this opinion was not a final decision on the merits of the case, it strongly signals to lawmakers and schools that secret transition policies are unconstitutional. This is an important win for parents, and it puts schools on notice that some of their policies and procedures could land them in legal hot water.
However, school committees might not be aware of the developments with this case, including what it means for their policies and the families they serve. And parents might not know how this new SCOTUS decision helps protect their rights. That’s why today we are excited to share this new resource from Massachusetts Liberty Legal Center: Massachusetts Legal Advisory Mirabelli v. Bonta and the Constitutionality of Gender Identity Policies in Public Schools.
You can read it online HERE or download your own copy below.
Parents, we encourage you to share this resource with your school committee today. Inform them of this recent decision and what it means for the deceptive policies and practices that might already exist in your district, and push them to ensure that all of their policies align with this decision.
We’ve exposed this happening in Leominster, and we know it’s happening in other communities as well. Thanks to our highest court, Massachusetts parents now have a new way to push back and defend their children.
If your school is hiding a child’s social “gender transition” from parents in violation of Mirabelli v. Bonta, let us know in the comments. And if your parental rights have been violated by your district’s gender identity-related policies and/or practices, contact an attorney today at Massachusetts Liberty Legal Center.
Mom and Dad, if you’ve never spoken up about this issue before, there’s no time like the present to start. SCOTUS is in your corner, and so are we.
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Of course this win at SCOTUS only happened because Trump was able to appoint three Justices in his first term. Had Hillary appointed those 3 instead, they would have been Brown Jackson clones who, like Brown Jackson, has no idea what a woman is.
As of today, EVERY Democrat in Congess, both House and Senate, is a co-sponsor of the so-called "Equality Act", which would make gender self-ID instantaneous and unquestionable nationwide, allowing men into any and every women's space, event, competition, etc etc, at their whim.
We are safe from this as long as a Republican is POTUS. But if a blue wave happens in 2028, and the Transqueer Party* takes control of Congress and POTUS, enacting the Equality Act will be one of their very first orders of business.
*formerly known as the Democratic Party
Wonderful resource! Thank you!