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Virginia high court rules for teacher who won't use transgender students' pronouns

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calamity said:
Other than him invoking God (which, of course, is his right), I agree with this.

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Virginia high court rules for teacher who won't use transgender students' pronouns

The northern Virginia gym teacher said he would not refer to transgender students by the pronouns they use, citing his religious convictions.
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No one should be fired for calling a he a he, even if she prefers to be called a she.
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Quite frankly, I don't see the difference in this and a pharmacist refusing to fill a morning after pill. There are certain job specific requirements that are beyond 'your rights'. A teachers job is not to do what the teacher wants, it is to help the student learn. What do you suppose the teacher taught this student?

I guarantee this teacher is crap on many other levels.
 
yea sorry but you don't have a right to be called something you aren't, nor can you fire someone for not calling you something you are not. good ruling here.
 
mrjurrs said:
Quite frankly, I don't see the difference in this and a pharmacist refusing to fill a morning after pill. There are certain job specific requirements that are beyond 'your rights'. A teachers job is not to do what the teacher wants, it is to help the student learn. What do you suppose the teacher taught this student?

I guarantee this teacher is crap on many other levels.
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Fire the pharmacist. He has no constitutional right to deny a public service to someone based on the person's morals.
 
calamity said:
Other than him invoking God (which, of course, is his right), I agree with this.

www.nbcnews.com

Virginia high court rules for teacher who won't use transgender students' pronouns

The northern Virginia gym teacher said he would not refer to transgender students by the pronouns they use, citing his religious convictions.
www.nbcnews.com www.nbcnews.com

No one should be fired for calling a he a he, even if she prefers to be called a she.
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I can't even remember names. No way I'll be able to keep track of pronouns. Plus, IMO, this whole trend just makes the language less useful.

Can't say It'a the tall black woman with dreads, when someone asks where Alex K. is, if Alex prefers He. Even if there are twenty people with dreads at the party.
 
At some point soon, we need to stop people from being able to hide behind religious belief as an excuse to be homophobic, transphobic, fill-in-the-blank-phobic and stop them from performing their jobs as in bakeries, pharmacists, fill-in-the-blank service.
 
Grizzly Adams said:
That a person may get to deny reality all they want, but they don't get to force other people to do the same.
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You're going to have to accept reality before anyone takes these posts seriously. Science advances, some peoples knowledge of science stops at high school biology.
 
Argent said:
At some point soon, we need to stop people from being able to hide behind religious belief as an excuse to be homophobic, transphobic, fill-in-the-blank-phobic and stop them from performing their jobs as in bakeries, pharmacists, fill-in-the-blank service.
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Colorado took that approach, and it didn't work out so well for them with the Supreme Court. The people, and more importantly the courts, tend to favor the right of religious belief over the selfish personal preferences of leftist filth.
 
mrjurrs said:
Quite frankly, I don't see the difference in this and a pharmacist refusing to fill a morning after pill. There are certain job specific requirements that are beyond 'your rights'. A teachers job is not to do what the teacher wants, it is to help the student learn. What do you suppose the teacher taught this student?

I guarantee this teacher is crap on many other levels.
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Using standard English is equivalent to refusing to sell morning after pills? Aren't they over the counter these days?
 
Glitch said:
Colorado took that approach, and it didn't work out so well for them with the Supreme Court. The people, and more importantly the courts, tend to favor the right of religious belief over the selfish personal preferences of leftist filth.
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Not true.
 
reflechissez said:
One example is not "tend to favor."
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Did you not hear about the multiple court decisions against Gov. Newsom during the last two years, when he attempted to infringe on the individual right to the free exercise of religious belief?

What planet have you been on? :rolleyes:
 
Glitch said:
Did you not hear about the multiple court decisions against Gov. Newsom during the last two years, when he attempted to infringe on the individual right to the free exercise of religious belief?

What planet have you been on? :rolleyes:
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Meh. Anecdotes are not data.
 
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