One of the smallest and poorest counties in the State of Maryland was among the first to stand up to the State regarding DEI and parental rights to opt their children out of gender identity and sexual orientation lessons in the state’s Health and Sex Education Curriculum.
The Maryland House of Delegates voted to approve HB 161 which removes the parental opt out for units on those topics that are taught as early as in Kindergarten. After a three-hour meeting on February 18, the Somerset County Board of Education voted to oppose that bill which still has to be passed by the Maryland Senate. It was a unanimous vote. The Superintendent also voted to oppose the bill.
Their opposition was based on the idea that school boards in Maryland need to serve their local community as that is what they are elected to do.
Many parents have been complaining about the state curriculum which requires children as young as Kindergarten to identify different “gender identities” which depend on what the person thinks they are.