{"id":2278,"date":"2023-04-19T16:31:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-19T16:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=2278"},"modified":"2023-04-19T17:23:52","modified_gmt":"2023-04-19T17:23:52","slug":"in-parental-rights-case-versus-kmsd-will-participates-in-summary-judgment-hearing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=2278","title":{"rendered":"In Parental Rights Case versus KMSD, WILL Participates in Summary Judgment Hearing"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The News:<\/strong> The Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty (WILL) and Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) presented arguments today in a summary judgment hearing regarding a prominent parental rights suit against the Kettle Moraine School District (KMSD). WILL and ADF have been fighting this case since 2021.<\/div>\n
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The Quotes:<\/strong> WILL Deputy Counsel, Luke Berg, stated, \u201cParents have a constitutional right to make the best decision on behalf of their child, especially when it deals with a potentially life-altering decision. KMSD\u2019s policy denies that right while simultaneously flouting the qualified medical perspectives provided by WILL\u2019s and ADF\u2019s expert witnesses, Dr. Erica Anderson and Dr. Stephen Levine.\u201d<\/div>\n
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Kate Anderson, Senior Counsel and Director of the Center for Parental Rights at Alliance Defending Freedom, stated, \u201cParents have a fundamental right to direct the upbringing of their children, but the Kettle Moraine School District completely pushed parents aside when school officials insisted on pushing their own radical ideology in the classroom. Our client knows and loves her daughter better than any school official, and the school\u2019s decision to treat this student as the opposite sex despite her parent\u2019s wishes was a blatant violation of parental rights. We are hopeful the court will right this wrong and recognize that parents\u2019 rights don\u2019t end at the schoolhouse gate.\u201d<\/div>\n
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The Background:<\/strong> In a lawsuit filed in November 2021, WILL and ADF contended that a Kettle Moraine School District\u2019s policy of treating minor students as the opposite sex at school without parental consent, and even over their objection, violated parents\u2019 constitutional rights. This policy enables school staff to take a major, controversial, and potentially life-altering decision out of parents\u2019 hands. The lawsuit was filed in Waukesha County Circuit Court.<\/div>\n
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The Wisconsin (and United States) Constitution recognizes the \u201cinherent right\u201d of parents to \u201cdirect the upbringing and education of children under their control.\u201d This means that parents are the primary decision-makers with respect to their minor children. But KMSD adopted a policy that disregards parents\u2019 decisions about how their children will be addressed at school.<\/div>\n
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Two Kettle Moraine School District parents encountered this policy and were forced to withdraw their daughter from the district because of it. Their daughter began to question her gender in December 2020, and, for a time, wanted to go by a male name and pronouns while at school. The family sought professional and medical support for her, and after extensive research decided that immediately treating her as a boy would not be in her best interest. The parents communicated their decision to District staff, but the District refused to respect their decision\u2014forcing them to withdraw her from the school. Just a few weeks later, their daughter realized her parents were right, and expressed that the \u201caffirmation\u201d that she was a boy \u201creally messed her up.\u201d<\/div>\n
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