More than a dozen children’s book authors and illustrators whose work was named in a Supreme Court case said Friday's ruling, which sided with a group of religious parents who objected to the LGBTQ storybooks, will harm LGBTQ children and families.

The high court ruled 6-3 along ideological lines to send the case, Mahmoud v. Taylor, back to a lower court for a final decision on whether Montgomery County, Md., must provide an opt-out option for parents. Justice Samuel Alito wrote for the majority that the parents who brought the case before the court are likely to succeed in arguing that the district’s lack of such an option substantially burdens their constitutional right to freely exercise their religion.

Authors and illustrators of the nine titles at the center of the case wrote Friday in a joint statement that the court’s decision “threatens........

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