A religiously-diverse group of parents, including Muslims, Eastern Orthodox, and Catholics, challenged the policy of the Montgomery County, Maryland, Board of Education to include storybooks in their elementary-school reading curriculum that promote pro-gay and pro-transgender values, without providing the parents any notice or the opportunity to opt-out of using those particular storybooks to teach their children to read. The parents are arguing that the policy violates their rights, under the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment, to direct the upbringing of their children specifically with regard to values surrounding sexuality.