The Supreme Court’s conservative majority seemed poised Tuesday to rule in favor of requiring public elementary schools to provide opt-outs for religious parents who want to pull their children out of classes due to objections to books and course materials that discuss LGBTQ+ themes. The high-profile case centers on the school system in Montgomery County, Maryland, which a few years ago began implementing a curriculum for elementary school students, such as requiring storybooks with LGBTQ+ characters, aimed at promoting respect for LGBTQ+ parents and their children. A group of religious parents then sued the school board. Justice Sonia Sotomayor pointed to one of the books in question in her exchange with attorney Eric Baxter, who’s representing the group of conservative parents: “Uncle Bobby’s Wedding” is about a girl who attends her uncle’s same-sex wedding.

Justice Sonia Sotomayor: “Is there any affidavit from any parent that merely looking at people getting married, holding hands — none of them are even kissing in any of these books; the most they’re doing is holding hands — that mere exposure to that is coercion?”

Eric Baxter: “Our parents would object to that.”