A Connecticut public school system is free of a lawsuit by parents who sued alleging its LGBTQ+ positive practices, messaging, and administrative actions violated the students’ First Amendment rights.
Danielle Scarpellino and other parents, who sued the Guilford Board of Education and individual school administrators on behalf of themselves and their children, failed to present evidence showing the administrators disciplined the students in response to their speech or religious beliefs, the US District Court for the District of Connecticut said Feb. 7. Judge Victor A. Bolden awarded summary judgment to the defendants, saying the parents also failed to show they ...