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.

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.

  • grue@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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    5 months ago

    (Uplifting because a bigot got the consequences he deserved, not because the whiny piece of shit sued over it.)

        • hendrik@palaver.p3x.deEnglish
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          5 months ago

          Jo. And what faith even prohibits changing names? Bigotry? Or is that in some old book?

          • Stern@lemmy.worldEnglish
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            5 months ago

            Clearly God made folks a specific way and that shouldn’t be altered, which is why I’m against glasses and braces. /s

            • frickineh@lemmy.worldEnglish
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              5 months ago

              Plastic surgery, too. Fox “News” presenters have boob jobs, nose jobs, veneers, fake tans, and dye jobs, and they have the nerve to say people shouldn’t alter their bodies.

          • Aurenkin@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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            5 months ago

            Remember, God doesn’t make mistakes. So if he made you in such a way that you want to change your name later in life you should just do it.

            • hendrik@palaver.p3x.deEnglish
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              5 months ago

              I completely don’t get what those people do. Where I come from, you either don’t believe in God, because you believe in facts. And you’re nice to people because it’s the right thing to do… Or you believe that God had a son (who is at the same time also him) and that son also told you to be nice to people… So I don’t get how people claim being an asshole is somehow mandated to them.

              • halcyoncmdr@lemmy.worldEnglish
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                5 months ago

                Because they aren’t actually believers, they want to have a shield for being shitty. And the church will even help defend them.

  • Postmortal_Pop@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    5 months ago

    I’m currently working at a school with a trans kid. She’s an absolute delight and if I hear anyone in the district dead name her, there will be hell to pay. I’m so glad schools are getting rid if jackasses like this guy.

    • TachyonTele@lemm.eeEnglish
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      5 months ago

      What does the student have down on their paperwork? I’m just thinking that there could be some confusion if the old name was on everything instead of their preferred name.

      Does someone at the school try to correct the records in some way in that situation?

      • Postmortal_Pop@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        5 months ago

        Our system actually has a fill in for preferred names for both faculty and students and will use that on all documents if you check the box. I myself use it and my badge, logins, and even timeclock have my nickname instead of my legal name. I only know her real name because her dossier was upfront about being trans.

        • TachyonTele@lemm.eeEnglish
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          5 months ago

          That’s cool. Thank you for actually providing an answer to my questions. Much appreciated