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.

  • @prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    53 months ago

    To be fair, there’s a lot of contradictions in there regarding how one should treat other humans.

    For example, Jesus endorsed slavery, which doesn’t seem very “love thy neighbor” to me…

      • Billiam
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        113 months ago

        Big point of clarification: the people who wrote the bible endorsed slavery.

        • @Hackworth@lemmy.world
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          33 months ago

          It depends on the denomination, interestingly. Jehovah’s Witnesses see Jesus as a created being, separate from and subordinate to god the Father, and view the Holy Spirit as god’s active force rather than a person. Mormons believe in the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit as separate beings united in purpose, rather than one god in three persons.

          • queermunist she/her
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            23 months ago

            I’m willing to bet this guy believes Jesus is God, it’s the predominant belief in the religion regardless of a few sects having their own fanfictions.