A prince lassos a dragon, saving a knight in shining armor from certain death. But the prince slips and as he falls, the knight and his steed race to return the favor.

Then the two men fall in love.

That story, “Prince and Knight,” is one of five children’s books featuring LGBTQ characters and aimed at kindergarten through the fifth grade that have roiled a diverse suburban Maryland school district and led to a Supreme Court case that the justices will hear on Tuesday.

Parents in Montgomery County who object for religious reasons want to pull their children from elementary school classes that use the books.

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    4 days ago

    Have these fuckwits read the bible? It’s chock-full of awful shit I wouldn’t want my kid to think about. Objecting for religious reasons is utter bullshit.

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      So…if I were to write and illustrate Lot(?) throwing his daughters to an entire gang of dudes to be used that’s cool right? With proper citations and stuff?

    • HellsBelle@sh.itjust.worksOP
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      A lot of fundamentalist Christians pick and choose which parts of the bible to adhere to, ie: only the portions they agree with.