New Jersey needs and must have a state Parental Rights Policy codified into law.

 The Parental Rights Policy says:

• Parents should have access to student records, including if their child changes pronouns, their preferred name, and use of gender-specific facilities, like bathrooms and locker rooms.
• Parents should have a right to consent to or decline any mental or physical health services offered through the school, including counseling groups and mentoring programs.
• Parents should have a right to opt their children out of health and sex education.
• Parents should have the right to opt their children out of lessons that contradict their values or religious beliefs, like health curriculum.
• Parents have a right to safe, secure schools and for information about those safeguards.
• Parents have a right to protect their children's personal information — like gender identity, religious affiliation, and sexual orientation — from research surveys and third-party software.
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This is an excellent policy passed by a local school district in the state of New Jersey. The Center for Garden State Families believes that this policy should be codified in state law and perhaps be added to the New Jersey State Constitution as a constitutional amendment.

In June of this year 2025 the Supreme Court of the United States decided in Mahmoud v. Taylor,  with a 6–3 decision, the court granted the Muslim, Jewish, and Christian parents’ request for an injunction protecting their right to opt their children out of instruction on gender and sexuality that violates their religious convictions, ruling that the parents were likely to succeed on the merits. 

New Jersey parents of Christian, Jewish, and Muslim faiths deserve the same privileges under the law and the same protections for their children. The Center for Garden State Families acknowledges that there are no replicated scientific studies supporting any specific biologic etiology for anything LGBTQIA – XYZ plus plus plus.