if a child were to read one of these books, if that child were to then come into class

and raise his hand and say, I thought if you're born a boy, you're a boy.

The teacher is told by the county that you should respond by saying that that kind of comment

is hurtful, and that parents and doctors when you're born, they're just making a guess.

No. you're born, they're just making a guess. All right, everyone, welcome back to the special edition of the Loopcast, where we cover all

things faith, culture, and politics from a Catholic perspective. Today, I have the pleasure

of being joined by William J. Houn. He is Senior Counsel at the Beckett Fund for Religious Liberty.

At Beckett, will litigate stationwide in defense of religious liberty for all faiths

traditions, particularly before the U.S. Supreme

Court and in other federal and state appellate courts. His litigation includes being a member

of the U.S. Supreme Court team that prevailed 9-0 for Catholic social services in Fulton v. City

of Philadelphia. Will, welcome to the show. Thank you. It's my great pleasure to be here.

Awesome. So this is kind of the case of, you know, you wish you weren't here in some ways,

but, you know, here we are. We have another thing facing us and people need to step up.

So the current case is I. Mopman versus McKnight. You can correct me on that pronunciation.

I try my best. But the skinny is that parents in Maryland

are fighting back against this Montgomery County Board of Education. This is for forcing

pre-K and elementary age children to read controversial books that promote a one-sided transgender

ideology, encourage gender transitioning, and focus excessively on romance with no parental notification

or opportunity to opt out.

So on May 24th, Beckett filed a federal lawsuit to protect parents' rights to opt their

children out of school activities that infringe on their right to direct their children's

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