PORTSMOUTH, Ohio (AP) — A judge dismissed a professor’s lawsuit against a small, public university in Ohio that rebuked him for not addressing a transgender student using the student’s preferred gender terms.
Nicholas Meriwether’s federal lawsuit alleged that Shawnee State University officials violated his rights by compelling him to speak in a way that contradicts his Christian beliefs.
Schools officials contended that such language was part of his job responsibilities, not speech protected by the First Amendment, and that the case should be dismissed. U.S. District Judge Susan Dlott dismissed it last week, agreeing that the manner in which Meriwether addressed the student wasn’t protected under the First Amendment.
A message seeking comment was left Monday for Alliance Defending Freedom, which represented Meriwether.
He had received a written warning for violating the school’s nondiscrimination policy and unsuccessfully challenged his reprimand in a grievance process. Meriwether said he treated the student like “other biologically male students.”
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All freedom-loving Americans should be outraged that the insanity of political-correctness has prevailed over the First Amendment rights of this college professor.
Democrat Party policies have created this swamp-cesspool where educators proselytise legislated Democrat perversion to students. Normalization of Democrat Party Policy perversion by legislation must be ended by good legislation by Trump and Company. If we are feeding our school children, and University youth a steady diet of Democrat Party Legislated perversion how on earth do we as voting citizens expect them to act any differently as educated-indoctrinated professionals? If parents speak out against this mutilation of our childrens character, by Legislated Democrat Party Policy we are called hate criminals, even though we can prove our point beyond a shadow of a doubt . The Nazi Government, and appointed Supreme Court like The Democrat Party passed laws legalizing their evil policies also. Electing the Democrat Party and President would continue their legislation of decay.
Simple, if the educational system requires teachers to address these students by whatever gender classification they decide to be that day, then there needs to be a universal greeting for all, “Hey you” with a finger point might work. Or they could go with the old classic – She-He-It = Sh**. Short and sweet cupcake……
YET another foolish judge, that needs to be KICKED the hell off the bench.
Another Obama-appointed judge, I presume?
Must be, because hyper-Lib AP won’t say.
Yea, would be nice to know the name of this judge.. SO WE CAN all send him hate mail
I wish people would just leave religious beliefs out of the discussion on this subject since it is the undisputed & universally accepted biological science that is being denied & defied to try to force all of society to participate in & encourage the self delusions of emotionally disturbed people who refuse to accept their biological gender.
“Job responsibilities” cannot be used to require anyone, much less an educator, to agree with or promote obvious lies / misinfornation.
The fact is that a biological male or female will never actually be somehow “abracadabra” born again into a different gender, regardless of body mutilation or lifelong dependence on dangerous hormones.
Job responsibilities, SHOULD NOT be used to force anyone to agree with/promote willful lies… BUT IN today’s libtard ran indoctrination dept, they not only are required to push it, but if they don’t they get punished, by the thought police.