GOP states sue for the right to deny LGBT kids free lunch

A child picks up a free school lunch in Seattle, Washington. (Photo: KAREN DUCEY/GETTY IMAGES)

Earlier this year, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food and Nutrition Service updated its nondiscrimination policies to cover sexual orientation and gender identity for the department’s nutritional programs, including the National School Lunch Program. A coalition of 22 Republican-led…