Three teachers in the US state of Virginia have been exempted from using “preferred pronouns” for gender-confused students.
Deborah Figliola, after the Harrisonburg Public Schools Board warned that the school’s transgender-friendly policy violates its belief in forcing and concealing the use of opposite-sex pronouns on children who request it. Reached settlement with Christine Marsh and Laura Nelson. This is from my parents. .
The district now acknowledges that it “does not support hiding or withholding information from parents” and has pledged to inform other staff about religious exemptions.
“Stay true to our faith”
Filiola explained: “School administrators cannot afford to implement policies that take a radical, one-size-fits-all approach to students struggling with their gender, and sit back and watch as parents are excluded from the problem. I couldn’t go in.
“We are excited about this legal victory that will allow religious educators in the Harrisonburg School District to do the work we love in a way that is true to our faith.”
This summer, Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry signed a last name law that states that “school employees cannot be required to refer to a person by a particular pronoun if it conflicts with their religious or moral beliefs.”
It also prohibits employees and students from “refusing to address people by their legal name, its derivatives, or other names other than pronouns that do not match their gender,” or “refusing to identify their own pronouns.” It also includes exemption from disciplinary action.
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