Majority of Democrats say parents should not be able to opt kids out of learning about LGBTQ issues in schools [Video]

A slim majority of Democrats are opposed to letting parents opt their children out of LGBTQ lessons in school, a new Pew Research Center survey finds.

While 54% of U.S. adults at large say parents should be allowed to remove children from lessons on “sexual orientation or gender identity” if the ways these lessons are taught conflicts with their personal views, 51% of Democrats oppose the idea.

Republicans are far more likely to approve the opt-out of LGBTQ lessons. The survey found 79% of Republicans and 32% of Democrats believed parents should have the option.

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The Pew survey also asked respondents if parents should be allowed to opt students out of lessons on “racism or racial inequality” if the ways these lessons are taught conflict with the parents’ personal views.

Respondents had vastly different responses when it came to this issue.

Most Republicans …