Nina Totenberg

Today's arguments, however, are likely to focus on a separate question that the Trump administration is asking the court to resolve, a technical legal question that could make the process for challenging any Trump policy far more difficult and lengthy. Nina Totenberg, NPR News, Washington.

Today's arguments, however, are likely to focus on a separate question that the Trump administration is asking the court to resolve, a technical legal question that could make the process for challenging any Trump policy far more difficult and lengthy. Nina Totenberg, NPR News, Washington.

On one side of the case are two Catholic dioceses in Oklahoma. Representing them is lawyer James Campbell.

On one side of the case are two Catholic dioceses in Oklahoma. Representing them is lawyer James Campbell.

On the other side is the state's Republican Attorney General, Gentner Drummond.

On the other side is the state's Republican Attorney General, Gentner Drummond.

A decision in the case is expected by summer. Nina Totenberg, NPR News, Washington.

A decision in the case is expected by summer. Nina Totenberg, NPR News, Washington.

At the center of the case is the school system in our own nearby Montgomery County, Maryland. And it's the most religiously diverse county in the United States of America. It has 160,000 students of almost all faiths. And on one side are parents who want to opt their elementary and middle school children out of classes. when those classes include storybooks with LGBTQ characters and themes.

At the center of the case is the school system in our own nearby Montgomery County, Maryland. And it's the most religiously diverse county in the United States of America. It has 160,000 students of almost all faiths. And on one side are parents who want to opt their elementary and middle school children out of classes. when those classes include storybooks with LGBTQ characters and themes.

At the center of the case is the school system in our own nearby Montgomery County, Maryland. And it's the most religiously diverse county in the United States of America. It has 160,000 students of almost all faiths. And on one side are parents who want to opt their elementary and middle school children out of classes. when those classes include storybooks with LGBTQ characters and themes.

And the parents contend that the books expose their children to ideas that contradict their religious values. I talked to Grace Morrison, who's one of the parents who's suing the school system. Her daughter was 10 when the LGBTQ books were introduced in their curriculum. So rather than risk exposure to the unwanted ideas, Morrison is homeschooling her daughter, and here she is.

And the parents contend that the books expose their children to ideas that contradict their religious values. I talked to Grace Morrison, who's one of the parents who's suing the school system. Her daughter was 10 when the LGBTQ books were introduced in their curriculum. So rather than risk exposure to the unwanted ideas, Morrison is homeschooling her daughter, and here she is.

And the parents contend that the books expose their children to ideas that contradict their religious values. I talked to Grace Morrison, who's one of the parents who's suing the school system. Her daughter was 10 when the LGBTQ books were introduced in their curriculum. So rather than risk exposure to the unwanted ideas, Morrison is homeschooling her daughter, and here she is.

And what she really wants to do is to have her kid in the public school and be able to say that when certain material is discussed at all, the kid will be opted out of class and go to a different classroom.

And what she really wants to do is to have her kid in the public school and be able to say that when certain material is discussed at all, the kid will be opted out of class and go to a different classroom.

And what she really wants to do is to have her kid in the public school and be able to say that when certain material is discussed at all, the kid will be opted out of class and go to a different classroom.

Well, the board initially did allow opt-outs, but it says it became just unmanageable. Unlike a sex ed class, for example, where the school system does allow opt-outs, the board says it became a logistical nightmare to take children out of a classroom when a single storybook that features some Same-sex parent or gay and lesbian kids could come up at any time.

Well, the board initially did allow opt-outs, but it says it became just unmanageable. Unlike a sex ed class, for example, where the school system does allow opt-outs, the board says it became a logistical nightmare to take children out of a classroom when a single storybook that features some Same-sex parent or gay and lesbian kids could come up at any time.

Well, the board initially did allow opt-outs, but it says it became just unmanageable. Unlike a sex ed class, for example, where the school system does allow opt-outs, the board says it became a logistical nightmare to take children out of a classroom when a single storybook that features some Same-sex parent or gay and lesbian kids could come up at any time.