The school system treated people who objected to its policies poorly. Who knows how much this cost? They overplayed their hand and it was obvious that they would lose. Who will be held accountable?

The justices said school officials in Montgomery County, Maryland, may not require young children to participate in lessons with books that conflict with their parents’ religious beliefs.

The 6-3 decision could have implications for public schools nationwide and could give families the right to voice religious objections to a broad range of learning materials, expanding on the long-standing practice of allowing opt-outs for reproductive-health classes.

Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr., writing for the majority, said government officials burden the religious rights of parents when they require them to “submit their children to instruction that poses ‘a very real threat of undermining’ the religious beliefs and practices that the parents wish to instill.”

While litigation continues, Alito wrote, Montgomery County must notify parents in advance whenever one of the books in question or any other similar book is to be used in any way and to allow them to have their children excused from that instruction.

A key part of the problem was the content was often not age-appropriate. You're teaching WHAT in first grade? One reason the parents won is that the objection was not about the subject - go ahead in high school, for example - but the vulnerability and impressionability of young children. It was hard to call them bigots, IMO.