It's the Brian Laird Show on WNLIC, good morning everyone.

The New Jersey Attorney General Matt Platkin is my first guest today.

He's been in the news for a few things recently, especially for filing a civil rights lawsuit

against several local school districts.

The districts had announced policies requiring schools to notify parents if their children

asked to change their gender pronouns or show evidence of gender identity changes in any

way.

Platkin has now won the first round in that suit, a preliminary injunction that stops the

policies from taking effect while the full case is heard.

The school districts in question are in Middletown Township, Marlboro Township, and

Manila Pan English Town.

Platkin filed an earlier suit against the school board in Hanover, which for the moment

has withdrawn the policy there.

To those who see this as a parental rights issue, Platkin's office says, quote, we can both

keep parents informed about their children's development and protect the civil rights of

our most vulnerable students.

Now, this, as many of you know, is a central flashpoint in national politics right now.

Republicans, especially, are already making it a top tier issue for the 2024 presidential

and congressional elections.

We talked about this on the show last week, actually Nancy Solomon on New Jersey host,

filling in for me, talked about this on the show last week.

Now we can hear from the Attorney General himself and we'll take calls and touch on other

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