The
Daily News Tribune reports. Excerpt:
“We’re very disappointed that the Supreme
Court has turned their backs on this parental rights issue,” said David Parker,
the most vocal plaintiff in the lawsuit. “This clearly has national
significance with profound consequences, and they’re ignoring it. We will look
into [pursuing it in state court]. We will have further meetings with our
attorneys and discuss that option.”
The Parkers and Wirthlins filed suit in
2006 after the Parkers’ son, Jacob, brought home a book as part of the
diversity book bag from his Estabrook Elementary kindergarten class in 2005.
The book, “Who’s in a Family,” showed various family types including a
same-sex-headed household, as well as single parents and grandparents raising children.
The Wirthlins’ son, Joey, who was then in first grade, was in class on a day
that marriage was the topic. At the time, a book on a prince marrying another
prince was read to the class, “King and King.”
Parker said the judges who dismissed the
suit at the district and appellate levels agreed that the intent on using the
books in class was to change children’s minds about homosexuality. He said that
with the Supreme Court decision, books will be used all over the country to do
just that.
“Books and lessons will come into [schools]
to have children affirm it,” Parker said. “They will be coerced to affirm the
correctness and the normalcy of homosexuality, homosexual conduct, and gay
marriage.”