An Ohio middle school teacher is suing her former district, school board and education officials, claiming she was forced to resign after she refused to use students' preferred names and pronouns.
An Ohio middle school teacher is suing her former district, school board and education officials, claiming she was forced to resign after she refused to use students' preferred names and pronouns. The teacher, Vivian Geraghty, said her constitutionally protected religious beliefs prevented her from doing so.
But Geraghty refused, saying in the lawsuit that"according to her Christian faith,""rejection of one's biological sex is a rejection of the image of God within that person," and that going against that belief would be"immoral." She also said in the lawsuit that acceptance of gender identity rather that is different from their biological sex is"harmful to the child because it is untrue.
"I understand that it is not my place to force my religious beliefs on others," she continued."...However, there are lines that I will not cross, as they would violate my conscience and my God." "We have engaged legal counsel and we will have no further comment on pending litigation," the district said in a statement signed by Board of Education president Christopher Goff.
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