COLUMBIA, S.C., Aug. 6 -- The South Carolina Attorney General issued the following news release:

AUG 06, 2026

(COLUMBIA, S.C.) -Attorney General Alan Wilson announced today that he has joined a 12-state coalition in a friend-of-the-court brief at the United States Supreme Court supporting religious liberty for teachers.

The case deals with a Maryland school district policy that requires teachers to use the "preferred pronouns" of students while also preventing them from discussing students' gender identity with their parents.

"Schools across our country are supposed to be places of learning and collaboration," Attorney General Wilson stated. "Silencing teachers in an attempt to indoctrinate students with woke ideologies is a blatant vio...