Sat Nov 5, 2022 – 1:15 pm EDT
WEST POINT, Virginia (LifeSiteNews) – The Supreme Court of Virginia is hearing the case of a teacher who was fired after he refused to call a girl a boy.
Peter Vlaming’s lawyers argue that “he was fired for something he couldn’t say.”
Vlaming had been a French teacher at Virginia’s West Point High School for seven years when he was fired in late 2018; he had refused to refer to a female student as a boy.
Following the 2018 summer recess, one of Vlaming’s female students had “transitioned” to living as a boy and desired to be referred to as one. While Vlaming used the child’s chosen male name to refer to her, he avoided using male pronouns when addressing the student. He told his principal that he “couldn’t in good conscience pronounce masculine pronouns to refer to a girl,” saying his Christian faith which prevented him from doing so.
According to the Daily Signal, Vlaming accidentally called the student “she” in front of the class. The same day that the student complained, the teacher was summoned to the principal’s office and placed on administrative leave.
In October 2018 the school board voted unanimously to fire
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