[QUOTE][BOSTON, Massachusetts (AP) -- Officials from a suburban Massachusetts school district asked a federal judge Wednesday to dismiss a lawsuit filed by two couples who claim their parental rights were violated when homosexuality was discussed in their children's classrooms.

U.S. District Judge Mark Wolf did not immediately issue a decision in the case from Lexington, but peppered lawyers on both sides with questions and said he understood the importance of the case to both parents and school administrators.

Tonia and David Parker sued after their 5-year-old son brought home a book from kindergarten that depicted a gay family. David Parker was later arrested for refusing to leave his son's school after officials would not agree to notify him when homosexuality was discussed in his son's class.

Another Lexington couple, Joseph and Robin Wirthlin, joined the Parkers in the suit after a second-grade teacher read "King and King" to her class. The fairy tale tells the story of two princes falling in love.

Both couples claim Lexington school officials violated their parental rights to teach their own morals to their children.

The case has attracted a great deal of attention in Massachusetts, the only U.S. state that allows same-sex marriage.

John Davis, an attorney for Lexington school officials, argued in court Wednesday that teaching diversity is a "legitimate state interest." He said that it would be "an administrative nightmare" for schools in Massachusetts to try to predict when the topic of gay marriage will come up and to inform parents ahead of time.

"The parents do have rights ... but they don't have the right to dictate to the public school system what their children can be exposed to in the way of ideas," Davis said.

Robert Sinsheimer, an attorney for the parents who filed the lawsuit, called the homosexual discussions and materials "a form of propaganda" that goes against the parents' religious beliefs. He said the parents do not want to dictate curriculum, but do want to be able to remove their young children from classrooms when homosexuality or gay marriage is being discussed.

"What they fear is that their children are being brainwashed," he said.

About 30 people on both sides of the issue demonstrated outside the courthouse.
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Ok let me get this straight, you are pissed off that homosexuality came up in your kids classroom and Same Sex marriage is ok in your state? Hmm maybe the kids should learn what is going on(nothing graphic I mean). If you don't want your kids learning about the real world and want them to be sheltered from events like this send them to a private thumper school where the only thing they will ever learn about gay people is they hate god, they are evil and are going to hell.

[QUOTE]Robert Sinsheimer, an attorney for the parents who filed the lawsuit, called the homosexual discussions and materials "a form of propaganda" that goes against the parents' religious beliefs. He said the parents do not want to dictate curriculum, but do want to be able to remove their young children from classrooms when homosexuality or gay marriage is being discussed.[/QUOTE]

**** your religious beliefs, this is a public school religion has no place in the curriculum there. You want beliefs send them to a thumper school. And it isn't propaganda you ****, they are teaching the kids acceptance towards those who might be different than they are. Whats wrong with that? Oh yeah the bible says no.

[QUOTE]"What they fear is that their children are being brainwashed," he said.[/QUOTE]

Oh yeah, brainwashed how? Into being gay? Sorry you can't be brainwashed into being gay. Oh wait maybe it is brainwashing them into thinking for themselves and accepting others for who they are instead of letting a book decide who is ok and who is bad for them. They are not showing any gay porn or anything in the classes, all I can see from this is they are trying to show the kids that being different is ok and they should accept others for who they are and not try and force them to change. Hell sounds really evil there, trying to educate kids into growing up without hate or ignorance towards those different from them.