Newsweek: Samuel Alito Says LGBTQ+ Books in School Pose a 'Very Real Threat'
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Newsweek: Samuel Alito Says LGBTQ+ Books in School Pose a 'Very Real Threat'

June 27, 2025

Reverend Paul Brandeis Raushenbush, president and CEO of Interfaith Alliance, a national organization that defends religious freedom and multi-faith democracy, told Newsweek via phone that the decision sets "a really terrible precedent" for the future of public education.

"I am grateful that in my kids' school they actually learned stories about all kinds of different people, and that other kids get to hear stories about my family," Raushenbush said. "I'm gay and have a husband and we have a family. The opportunity is for public schools to be a really critical building block, even foundation of democracy, where we learn about one another.

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