Robin Stevenson’s Pride Puppy! is one of several works involved in a court challenge over whether parents have the constitutional right to opt their children out of lessons involving books with LGBTQ characters

A Vancouver Island author’s picture book about a puppy at a Pride parade is among several works at the centre of a U.S. Supreme Court challenge over whether parents have the constitutional right to opt their children out of lessons involving books with LGBTQ characters.

Robin Stevenson’s Pride Puppy!, a rhyming alphabet book, features a dog that goes to a parade with its family and breaks loose. Colourful illustrations by Julie McLaughlin depict the puppy bounding through celebratory scenes that include rainbow and transgender pride flags and characters featuring a range of ages, races, abilities and gender identities.

  • el_muerte@lemm.eeEnglish
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    6 days ago

    A district court denied their motion and an appeals court affirmed, saying that “simply hearing about other views does not necessarily exert pressure to believe or act differently than one’s religious faith requires.”

    No, no, you don’t understand! Merely hearing about the existence of different people is literal persecution!

    /s

    Fuck, these people are fragile.