In 2023, out of the blue, there was an eruption of protests from parents about public school curricula in Montgomery County, Maryland; in Glendale, California (a suburb of Los Angeles); and in Detroit. They were protesting the inclusive nature of the public school curricula, which depicted same-sex parents and a rainbow puppy — a curriculum that also included a hijab-wearing Muslim girl dancing.
In the case of Detroit and Montgomery, the demonstrations were championed by conservative Muslim parents. In Montgomery, Muslim parents were bused in from local mosques by Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), protesting at the Montgomery County Public School headquarters over the district’s no-opt-out policy concerning LGBTQ+ inclusive storybooks.
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