9th Circuit says parents have no right over kids' sex ed

Don't look for reports on this from the MSM. There's barely a mention of it from the major outlets. (See here and here.)

9th Circuit: Parents Have No 'Fundamental Rights' in Their Children's Sex Ed

The case involves the Palmdale School District in California, which notified parents of its intentions to conduct an assessment of children ages seven to ten in order to "establish a community baseline measure of children's exposure to early trauma (for example, violence)." What the letter to parents did not convey was that ten of the 79 questions on the survey would ask the children about the frequency of "touching my private parts," "thinking about having sex," "having sex feelings in my body," and "can't stop thinking about sex."

Six parents sued the school district after they discovered the contents of the survey, alleging the district had interfered with their constitutional rights by authorizing the survey be administered without disclosing to parents the sexual nature of portions of the survey. Yesterday, a three-judge panel of the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco unanimously sided with the school district.

Judge Steven Reinhardt, writing for the panel, stated: "We hold there is no free-standing fundamental right of parents 'to control the upbringing of their children by introducing them to matters of and relating to sex in accordance with their personal and religious values and beliefs ....'" Continuing, he wrote: "We conclude only that the parents are possess [sic] of no constitutional right to prevent the public schools from providing information on [sex education] to their students in any forum or manner they select."

This is a frightening ruling. One that I hope and pray will be overturned soon.

Now, imagine if this had been a ruling about religious teachings in schools and the parents had been atheists who didn't want their kids learning about Christian teachings. Do you think the 9th Circuit would have concluded that the parents didn't have any right to control what their kids are taught about that? Do you think the left would be so silence about such a ruling if the court had ruled that way?