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Teacher says contract wasn't renewed because he wouldn't use trans students' preferred names (www.nbcnews.com)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/18749281

The Wisconsin English teacher, Jordan Cernek, argues in the suit that the district violated his freedom of religion and free speech in mandating the use of the students' preferred names and pronouns.

A high school English teacher is suing a Wisconsin school district, alleging it did not renew his contract last year because he refused to use the preferred names of two transgender students.

Jordan Cernek's federal lawsuit alleges the Argyle School District violated his constitutional and civil rights to be free of religious discrimination and to be able to express himself according to his religious beliefs when it did not renew his contract because he refused to abide by a requirement that teachers use the names or pronouns requested by students.

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 months ago (1 children)

No part of Christianity says anything about names.

Dude's just a bigot.

Thank fuck for Janet p on the Wisconsin supreme court!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

My parents told me that not wanting to use my birth name is not "honoring my mother and father", which is what the bible says to do.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yeah... that's a bit of a stretch to me, but an interesting interpretation I had not imagined. Good to have some insight in to how others think. Thanks for sharing that.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I agree it's a stretch, because as an adult I'm not subject to their demands. And I don't follow their dumb religion anyways so why would it even matter to me, lol.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

And I hope when people marry, they don't take the husbands name as a family name... I mean that's the same concept and not honoring the parents of the wife. I think if you believe in that, everyone absolutely also needs to stick with their maiden name.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Not taking his name in vain includes claiming to be a person of God but acting otherwise