Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall recently joined with a 17‑State coalition in support of South Carolina’s new law barring public schools from teaching “racially or sexually divisive ideologies.” The coalition filed a joint amicus brief in a federal lawsuit challenging the law.
“Public schools are funded by the public to serve the public’s interest. But as elected officials in Alabama, South Carolina, and elsewhere have recognized, many of these schools have been using taxpayer dollars to indoctrinate children in divisive and destructive radical ideologies. States have the constitutional authority to put a stop to that sort of indoctrination,” Marshall said in a statement.
The lawsuit was brought by the South Carolina NAACP, two authors, a teacher, and several students. They contend that the law violates their First Amendment rights. In opposing them, Marshall and the coalition argue that sSate leaders—not courts—must decide educational content…