Today Liberty Counsel filed its initial brief in its appeal challenging the Fairfax County School Board’s decision to add “sexual orientation,” “gender identity,” and “gender expression” to its nondiscrimination policy and student handbook. The Supreme Court of Virginia accepted Liberty Counsel’s petition for appeal and will now determine whether the school board’s action violated Virginia’s long-standing Dillon Rule and other Virginia statutes.

Liberty Counsel represents Jack Doe, a minor and student in Fairfax County, John and Jane, the parents, and Andrea Lafferty. This is one of several cases around the country involving attempts to implement LGBT policies in public schools. One case in Virginia has been blocked by the U.S. Supreme Court and a federal court in Texas issued a nationwide injunction blocking the Obama administration’s LGBT directive to public schools, federal agencies, municipalities and private employers.

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