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Teacher says contract wasn't renewed because he wouldn't use trans students' preferred names (www.nbcnews.com)

submitted 3 months ago by grue@lemmy.world to c/upliftingnews@lemmy.world

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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.

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[–] FederatedSaint@lemmy.world 42 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Please stop bringing this kind of crap into "uplifting news."

This is objectively sad news. I'm not happy a kid isn't getting supported by his teacher at school. While it's probably good he was fired for it, it's not what I'd call "uplifting" at all.

[–] foggy@lemmy.world 31 points 3 months ago

Ah, allow me to introduce you to the orphan crushing machine. It was born of a tweet:

"Every heartwarming human interest story in america is like "he raised $20,000 to keep 200 orphans from being crushed in the orphan-crushing machine" and then never asks why an orphan-crushing machine exists or why you'd need to pay to prevent it from being used."

[–] ValorieAF@lemmy.world 15 points 3 months ago

But it is uplifting seeing a bigot face consequences.