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Tamer Mahmoud et al., Petitioners On May 24, 2023, a group of parents, backed by a conservative legal advocacy organization, filed suit against the Montgomery County, Maryland, public school district, alleging that the district was violating their constitutional rights. The parents claimed that a school district policy that prohibited them from opting their children out of classroom instruction using storybooks with LGBTQ characters or themes conflicted with their First Amendment religious freedoms and interfered with their ability to raise their children according to their personal beliefs. After both a federal district court and the 4th Circuit U.S. Court of…