Do you ever look around at America and simply ask the question, “How in the world did we ever come to this?” More specifically, who came up with the concept that it is a good idea to indoctrinate children as young as 3 years old regarding sex of any kind? Yet that is what the folks in Montgomery County, Maryland, are intent on doing. CBN News reported that the school board has introduced books into the curriculum for students as young as 3, dealing with a story about a transgender girl and two men getting married to each other. But it is not just in this one corner of our nation that this significant intrusion into the lives of children and their families is occurring. All over America, trans-terrorists, LGBTQ+, etc., demonstrators are clamoring to have their perverted preferred lifestyles crammed down the throats of the most innocent of our population, with or without their parents’ consent, and sometimes even without their knowledge.
But now, a group of parents with steel backbones is fighting back. With the help of quality legal representation, they have gone through the maze of the federal court system all the way to the doorstep of the Supreme Court. The case of Mahmoud v. Taylor was argued recently in front of this august body of legal minds, along with vocal demonstrations from both sides carried on outside the chambers. The issue in question is not one of censorship, but rather one of allowing parents to keep their children away from forced, so-called educational materials that go against their religious beliefs.
What would seem to be a logical method of dealing with a problem is vehemently opposed by the culture warriors of gayness and sexual plurality. Why, you might ask? The reason given is that “allowing opt-outs based on religious objections would create logistical chaos and undermine inclusive education.” Alan Evan Shoenfeld, attorney for the school system, went further to say that “a constitutional requirement to provide opt-out for anything someone finds religiously offensive means public schools must find alternative classrooms, supervision for young students, and substitute lessons each time a topic arises.” And you thought that DEI was dead!
Apparently, it is just fine and dandy to accommodate other religious beliefs, such as allowing Muslims to excuse their children from a potentially offensive set of materials, but not Christians when it comes to subject matter that is not only contrary to biblical teachings but also simply not age-appropriate for younger children. By this means, a simple solution is circumvented because if these Christian parents are allowed to keep their children out of such a vexing compilation of unnatural garbage being passed off as educational material, then the designs of the left leaning education radicals to indoctrinate another generation of our children could possibly be thwarted by common sense and the U.S. Constitution. Let me hasten here to add that there are many fine educators all across our nation who seek to provide good quality education for our children. These often-unheralded individuals are not only concerned about the morality of the next generation but also delivering a program of studies that will teach children those things necessary to become well-rounded adults. You know — things like reading, writing and arithmetic.
Not surprisingly, the parents have not found favor at the trial level or at the appellate level in the federal court system because of judges who are of the same mold as the school system. Time will only tell what the ruling of SCOTUS might portend. But even that raises one more question of God-fearing folks to ponder: “How did we come to the place where the morality of our nation is determined by nine justices on the Supreme Court?” The answer to that query is that America has been about the business of erasing the God Line of morality for over four decades, and we are now reaping the whirlwind of the pestiferous quagmire of decline created by our own national indifference to biblical principles.
While the outcome of this case may well redefine the balance in America between public education and religious liberty, SCOTUS does not have standing to change the moral laws of the Supreme Lawgiver. Unfortunately, we in America have forgotten this simple paradigm. However, make no mistake; it has not passed unnoticed by God. At Southern Evangelical Seminary, we stand on the unmerited grace of God. Yet, at the same time, we are keenly aware that God is righteous, and He will not forbear His judgment forever. Unfortunately, this lesson may come too late for our beloved nation. Whatever our Supreme Court may opine, we will nevertheless continue to proclaim the only truth that matters, and that is the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
After a successful career as a lawyer and judge, Judge Phil Ginn retired as the Senior Resident Superior Court Judge for the 24th Judicial District in North Carolina. Throughout his 22-year judicial career, he had the privilege of holding court in almost 50% of the county seats in North Carolina. Currently, Judge Ginn serves as the president of Southern Evangelical Seminary (ses.edu) and is a regular contributor to Christianity.com and The Washington Times. Judge Ginn has also been featured on Fox News, CBN, Newsmax, Decision Magazine, The Christian Post, Townhall and many others.