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Parent Suit on Gay Marriage Talk Tossed

Friday, February 23, 2007 3:46:27 PM
By DENISE LAVOIE

 David Parker, right, and his wife Tonia, leave after their hearing at a federal courthouse in Boston in this Feb., 7, 2007 file photo. They are one of two couples who filed a federal lawsuit against Lexington school administrators over the teaching of homosexuality in the classrooms. A federal judge on Friday, Feb. 23, 2007 threw out their lawsuit saying that federal courts have decided in other cases that the constitutional right of parents to raise their children does not include the right to restrict what a public school may teach them. (AP Photo/Chitose Suzuki, File)BOSTON (AP) - A federal judge on Friday threw out a lawsuit filed by parents who wanted to keep their young children from learning about gay marriage in school.

U.S. District Judge Mark Wolf said federal courts have decided in other cases that parents' rights to exercise their religious beliefs are not violated when their children are exposed to contrary ideas in school.

Schools are "entitled to teach anything that is reasonably related to the goals of preparing students to become engaged and productive citizens," Wolf said in his ruling.


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