A group of parents is suing a public school district in Novato, Calif., for allowing their elementary school-age children to see pro-homosexual plays at school without any prior notice or parental consent.
The parents charge that their constitutional and civil rights to the free exercise of religion and to direct the upbringing of their children were violated when their children saw the presentations at school assemblies in the Novato Unified School District last spring without their consent.
"It just seems like there's no room for any parents who don't agree with the school district's social agenda," said Brad Dacus, president of the Pacific Justice Institute, a legal defense organization that is representing the parents in the lawsuit.
"That may be fine for Hitler's Germany or Stalin's schools, but it's not fine for schools that are in a democratic country," Mr. Dacus said Tuesday.
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