By Anita Komuves BUDAPEST (Reuters) -Tens of thousands of protesters marched through Hungary's capital on Saturday as a banned LGBTQ+ rights rally swelled into a mass demonstration against the government.

Hungary's LGBTQ+ community has pushed ahead with a march in the capital on Saturday despite a government ban and threats of legal repercussions.

Tens of thousands of protesters marched through Hungary's capital on Saturday as a banned 2SLGBTQ+ rights rally swelled into a mass demonstration against the government led by Prime Minister Viktor Orban.

A nonprofit religious freedom organization is providing tools for parents to help them opt out of public-school LGBTQ+ instruction, curriculum and materials after the Supreme Court’s landmark ruling on Friday.

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Friday in favor of Christian and Muslim parents in Maryland who sued to keep their elementary school children out of certain classes when storybooks with LGBT characters are read in a high-profile case involving the intersection of religion and LGBT rights.

A Supreme Court decision that allows parents to opt out of storybooks that push one-sided ideology on gender and sexuality has been praised by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.