The suit, which includes three anonymous Croton-Harmon school district parents, alleges free speech violations and compulsion of students to adopt sex and gender ideas contrary to their beliefs.
JUN 12 --MICHAEL BALTER
Today, June 12, the nationwide conservative group Parents Defending Education sued the Croton-Harmon school district in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, White Plains Division, for violations of students’ rights under the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution.
The 63 page Complaint names the district, the Board of Education, Superintendent Stephen Walker, Assistant Superintendent John Griffiths, and numerous other named district officials including the seven members of the Board. Also participating in the lawsuit are three anonymous Croton-Harmon parents, designated A through C, who believe that their children are being compelled by the district to adopt views contrary to their beliefs and principles.
In a press release also issued today, the group states:
Croton-Harmon’s speech codes bar “unwelcome,” “offensive,” and “hate[ful]” speech based on certain protected classes, but not on all—which permits the district to police speech based on viewpoint. Therefore, some students are protected for views that align with the district’s views, and other students may face punishment because their deeply held beliefs are contrary to the district’s discipline agents. SEE MORE AT Breaking: Parents Defending Education sues Croton-Harmon schools in federal court for alleged constitutional violations related to harassment, bullying, DEI policies (substack.com)
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I don't care whether they win or lose, and I don't pretend to understand all the legalities. I do believe that win or lose, the district may walk back of the strange and offputting ideas they have if more people actually know what is being taught. These ideas are not only offputting to the parents, but their children as well. It is easier or perhaps safer for them to remain silent. Sometimes a lawsuit is your only option.
ReplyDeleteFORCING A STUDENT TO USE THE PREFERRED PRONOUNS OF SOMEONE WHO THINKS HE IS A GIRL OR VICE VERSA, IS COMPELLED SPEECH. The school will never force my son to deny basic biological reality.
ReplyDeleteThat’s what the world needs: more people to stand up to the idiotic crap! I hate Balter's positions on many issues but he is fearless when it comes to what we all know has been happening here for a long time. Goodbye Croton. I will miss the normal folks. But there just weren't enough of us to sustain the high taxes and soon there will be even less.
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