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it again, amicus at slate.com inbox and a heap of just really

smart and insightful questions that came in from our Amicus Plus listeners in the last couple of

days. And I want to start with a pair of questions about Mahmood v. Taylor. That's the case about LGBTQ books in public schools.

And here's the first question. Valda Wimslow writes in with this question, Dear Amiki, I'll confess that I haven't done the research, but isn't it some kind of a principle that requires kids to opt out of prayer in public

school and it's insufficient because it is coercive since it stigmatizes and embarrasses the children

in front of their peers? I remember this argument, for example, in the coach preying on the

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