Boston, Mass., Feb 5, 2008 / 14:59 pm
A federal appeals court has upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit from Massachusetts parents seeking to prevent the discussion of homosexual families in their children’s elementary school classrooms, WorldNetDaily reports.
In spring of 2005 the 5-year-old son of David and Tonia Parker brought home a book to be shared with his parents titled “Who’s in a Family?” Optional reading material in a “Diversity Book Bag” depicted at least two households headed by homosexual partners.
The Parkers filed suit against the Lexington School District in 2006, later being joined by Joseph and Robin Wirthlin whose second-grader’s class was read a story about two princes who become lovers, ‘King and King’.
In 2006 U.S. District Judge Mark L. Wolf dismissed the parents’ civil rights lawsuit, saying there is an obligation for public schools to teach young children about homosexuality.