Federal court deals blow to conservative group in LGBTQ-related Olentangy, OH schools case

Source: Columbus Dispatch

Federal court deals blow to conservative group in LGBTQ-related Olentangy schools case

Peter Gill, Columbus Dispatch
Updated Sat, July 29, 2023 at 1:24 PM EDT·3 min read

A federal judge in Ohio has dealt a blow to a conservative group's efforts to change a central Ohio school district's policies related to harassment and LGBTQ+ youth.

U.S. District Chief Judge Algenon L. Marbley on Friday denied a preliminary injunction by Parents Defending Education, which would have required the Olentangy Local School District to immediately change its harassment policies for students.

The policies prohibit students from engaging in discriminatory harassment or bullying based on race, national origin, sex, disability, religion or ancestry. They also prohibit students from using personal devices to engage in harassment and from intentionally misgendering transgender students — such as failing to address them by their preferred pronouns.

Parents Defending Education is a Virginia-based conservative nonprofit that describes itself as "a national grassroots organization." It opposes what it calls "ideologically driven curriculum with a concerning and often divisive emphasis on students’ group identities: race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation and gender."

The group has sought federal probes into schools that pledge to address systemic racism. ...

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