Can a Christian Teacher Be Forced to Use Transgender Pronouns?

Robert Gagnon

Not political reasons, because the findings were counter to their claims of evidence base treatment. The same treatment that would be halted for good medical reasons. Maybe you misspoke or just subconsciously admitted it’s true.

Church of the Eternal Echoflame

Respecting another person's identity is called basic common decency and respect of other persons. It is NOT an "identity dispute," it is NOT an "emotional confrontation," and it is NOT "political activism." The only people who are making it about them and degrading learning for everyone are the people who think they have the right to disrespectfully shove their religious beliefs down another person's throat. Those people should NOT ever be teachers, because real teachers need to know how to respect the identities of their students, or they cannot possibly provide a safe and fair learning environment for all students -- a teacher's duty. End of discussion. Not all Christians are bigots and bigotry has no place in our classrooms.

Gregory Allan McLeod

Believe in Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior and not the synagogue of Satan. The book of John is very clear about this religion, they are the children of the devil and we are the children of God. God referred to the Jews as liars and deceivers.... Dead Sea scrolls found in 1946 and you want Christians to believe this lie?

Donald V. Dunham

1. Why these issues end up in K-12 schools at all

Schools are not just academic institutions.They are also: government institutions workplaces social environments for minors legally responsible for student safety and discrimination policy Because of that, schools are required to handle: bullying identity conflicts religious conflicts behavioral disputes mental health concerns discrimination law Once those responsibilities exist, questions about gender, religion, speech, and rights inevitably enter the building whether administrators want them there or not. So from a legal standpoint, schools cannot simply say: “Only math and reading here. They are legally obligated to manage student interactions and rights.

2. Where your argument has real weightThere is a strong argument, made by many parents, teachers, and policy experts, that: Younger grades should not be the primary arena for ideological or identity debates. Reasons commonly cited: children lack cognitive maturity for complex ideological framing classroom time is already limited for core skills introducing adult-level social conflicts can create stress or confusion schools risk becoming political battlegrounds instead of learning environments Many education systems worldwide actually try to delay complex social theory discussions until later grades for this reason. So your instinct here is not fringe — it is part of an ongoing national policy debate.

3. Why colleges are treated differently Colleges are viewed as the appropriate place for deep social debate because: students are adults participation is voluntary intellectual debate is part of the mission exposure to conflicting ideas is expected legal standards for speech are broader K-12 is different because: attendance is compulsory students are minors parents have legal rights over upbringing schools must maintain structured order

So the threshold for what belongs in curriculum is much more contested. 4. The actual policy divide in society right now The country is split into three main positions: Position A, Keep focus on core academics

Limit social/identity topics in early grades Focus on literacy, math, science, history Handle personal issues privately when possible Position B — Schools must reflect social realities Students already experience these issues

Schools must address them to prevent harm Avoiding topics can create exclusion or conflict Position C — Local control Communities decide via school boards and parents No one-size national rule Policies vary by district/state Most current legislation and court cases revolve around which of these positions should dominate.

5. The blunt structural reality Even if many people want schools to focus confirmed purely on academics: As long as schools function as: state institutions social environments legal guardians during school hours they will continue being pulled into social and cultural disputes. That is not ideology — it is structural.

6. Where this debate is actually headed The long-term resolution will likely come from: state-level education policy changes clearer parental rights laws eventual Supreme Court rulings on compelled speech and school authority possible separation between curriculum vs. personal accommodation issues Until those lines are defined more clearly, these conflicts will keep appearing in school systems rather than being confined to universities.

PKBW

Probably send him or her or it to hell.

Donald V. Dunham

Keep the Classroom a Place for Learning

As people of faith, we believe every student is made in the image of God and deserves dignity and respect. That includes students who are struggling with identity, students who are confused, and students who are confident in who they are.

But we must also protect the purpose of the classroom.

Schools exist to teach reading, math, science, history, and the skills necessary for adulthood. They are not designed to function as therapy sessions, social battlegrounds, or ideological training grounds.

When classrooms become spaces for ongoing identity disputes, emotional confrontations, or political activism, learning suffers. All students, regardless of background, deserve a calm, structured environment where academic focus comes first.

Students who are navigating serious personal or identity struggles should receive care. But that care belongs in private counseling settings with trained professionals and parental involvement, not in front of a captive audience of peers.

Protecting classroom order is not hatred. Setting age-appropriate boundaries is not cruelty. Wanting instruction time devoted to academics is not bigotry.

A healthy school system should:

• Maintain academic focus. • Provide counseling privately and responsibly. • Respect parental authority. • Ensure no student is mocked or singled out. • Avoid turning teachers into ideological referees.

Compassion and structure are not opposites. Truth and love are not enemies.

We can hold firm convictions about human identity while still treating every student with dignity. But we should not confuse compassion with chaos, nor mistake boundaries for harm.

The classroom must remain a place for learning.

Kaben Starre

This is pretty simple: Those believing in Trump ideology refuse to go along with the more advanced science. Liberals believe the opposite; less to do with reality and more to do with controlling other's.

Shawn David Spencer

Well first thing I think should be understood is how to interpret the bible by its historical context. Fior example here is a discussion I had that revealed what I'm talking about here, If this is the true history, it explains why the Bible says "God told Onan." In ancient Near Eastern rhetoric, if a king or a bloodline survived a coup, it was attributed to the Will of the Divine. By saying God commanded the union and punished Onan, the Hebrew scribes were essentially saying: "The invaders tried to end us, but the Divine protected the seed of the King."

It frames the survival of the tribe of Judah not as a lucky break, but as a sanctioned restoration of the "Four Corners" sovereignty.

So it's not that it's inaccurate, only that the scribes at that time used different expressions for things at that time. "For God commanded" and "The Divine Will of God" was their description used to explain a completely different meaning than we understand it to be. Using this method we can unravel the truth within the biblical scriptures I think.

Jeffery C Richards

Compelled speech, plain and simple. No one is under any obligation to torture language in order to accommodate the delusion of a mentally unhealthy person. XY≠XX. Never has. Never will. When the Obama administration threw open the doors to Medicare-funded sex reassignment surgery, we went from only 2 to 120 medical centers in North America that performed such surgery, and in less than five years! For the love of humanity, the permanent mutilation of gay kids for profit is nothing less than Josef Mengele-like evil.

Sharon D Childs

Church and State should be forever two separate things that's what I believe a religious school has the right to use the I guess pronoun of the person that's sitting in front of them I,meaning if it a boy in front of them then it a boy . Public school go by a whole set of different rules pretty much no rules at all they allow children to come to school with saggy pants pajamas headphones on so you know they have no rules because schools are free public schools are free so if the child wishes to be called or referred to as a fish then you have to do that private schools not the same especially a Catholic School a religious school that's my opinion my thoughts

Cheryl Medlin

Yes, the court got it right. Using a person's pronouns or chosen name in no way infringes on "your" religious freedoms. But arguing to NOT use them or even just doing the opposite of the request definitely dehumanizes that person. For a teacher to do that is truly obscene. I would bet money that the same teacher consistently uses nicknames when a student requests it. In fact, as an ex-teacher, I would go so far as to say that a teacher dehumanizing a student in any way should be grounds for dismissal.

Patrick M Persinger

There is no Biblical defense of ignorance. If you do not understand science, that is a personal issue. The First Amendment protects the innocent citizens of this country from such ignorance infecting the institution of academia. The WORLD owns Academics, thankfully, making it undefeatable. No zealous groups can inflict harm on the body of human knowledge and wisdom, even in the name of their own inner machinations. You see, it is irrelevant. As always, the intellect of humanity shall ultimately triumph.

And again, it is an issue of not understanding the data (or science). Saying you disagree is a category error. You cannot "disagree" with data, as data is. So you can not understand the data, or choose to ignore it. But what you cannot do is disagree with it. That is a category error, because data isn't a discussion. Do you see?

Your beliefs belong in your heart. Share with those who care to listen. If it hurts to hear that you are the oaf for trying to preach to those who don't want to hear it, then you definitely need to hear it. Shalom.

Robert Edward Szekely

I see compassion exhibited here by the mature voices, and ignorant excuses for those who chose to make much ado about something as simple as a form of address. What pronoun (which is in the realm of grammar) you use to address an individual by has not the barest thread of connection to your religion (which is how you worship). The fact that this whole concept has flared up into a polarized, emotionally charged debate proves beyond all doubt what a spurious strawman this dispute is, as it ceased being a debate when the neanderthals in the crowd started flinging poo at their opponents, because they lacked a reasonable foundation from which to present their position. Only those affiliated with The Church of the Incestuous Redneck would be foolish enough to call using pronouns which confused their addled brains as constituting a violation of sincerely held religious beliefs. Maybe its time they actually read their Bibles, instead of using them as doorstops.

Trieste Angel Raisch

The teacher is not there to help indoctrination along. The students are there to learn the usual subjects. If the male child thinks it’s a female cat and wants to be called Mrs. Menowge do we entertain the delusion?

Ryan DiBraccio

As a ordained minster (Former Roman Catholic) in this church and cisgender LGBTQIA+ Ally I think everybody should be accepted because we are all humans created by God.I also believe that god loves everybody no matter what. Am firm believer in separation of church and state.The teacher should have used the student’s preferred pronouns.

A great resource to learn about this is htttps://pronouns.org

May have got the website name wrong

have used it in a while

Rev. Tim

"Sincerely held religious beliefs" is patently transparent code for "sincerely held belief that you must be compelled to abide by my beliefs".

The bible commands stoning for specific offenses. Why do we not embrace the rights of wacko zealots to stone and/or otherwise kill those who violate their particular interpretation of divine will?

If my sincerely-held religious belief compels me to slay my neighbor and take his wife as a slave, will this imitation of a teacher support me?

And where is her "sincerity held belief" in the divine directive of 1 Timothy 2:12?

Lion on the Beach

When young people turn of legal age, then they can indulge in their fantasy. Other people should not have to partake or be held accountable in their silly make-believe game if they choose not to. No special privilege or considerations should be given to indulge these sad youngsters other than counseling.

Harvey Jay Friedman

Until such time that science finds a way to change chromosomes from X to Y or Y to X people are stuck with their birth sex. Anything else is just a mental preference. You can put a wool coat on a goat, but it’s still a goat. You can call it a sheep if you want to, but that doesn’t make it true. If people want to be addressed by a name that’s their right and it should be respected. If my name is Bob I don’t want to be called Fred. You can solve your personal dilemma by just using last names without pronouns.

George Dolicker

I find the comment that “your faith is meant for at home and at church no where else.” to be extremely troubling. I believe that your faith is to be held and lived everywhere and always. You don’t need to push ion other’s faces, but it is who you are.

Susan Frances Haid

Here's the thing, the child is required to be in school, the teacher is not. Some schools are not large enough to have several classes of one grade. Some classes are divided up by ability and the child might have to go into a class above or below their ability. Additionally, the child's parents might not be able to home school them, so there is no out for them there. The teacher or substitute teacher does not have to be a teacher. For all these reasons i believe it is no contest that the teacher must treat the student with respect using their preferred name and pronouns. This is school, it's mandatory, the child needs to be protected and respected. If you don't like it, don't teach! There are many, many things that could need to be permitted if the child was allowed to be disrespected in this way. Schools have to come down on the side of the student, that should be obvious to anyone who wishes to teach, otherwise, you're not wishing to teach, you're wishing to dictate, and that is beyond the pale.

obere mchugh

This is exactly why my children do not attend public school's what so ever, they are home schooled doing networked and structured in an appropriate environment with teachers instructors and those who know there subjects flawlessly. learning in a classical traditional manner. i will never send my children to a public school while these kind of problems persist as well school violence and everything else goes on my children will actually learn, actually have education on our terms and with real education in mind not these political games and stupid religious drama you all seem to love to engage in.

obere mchugh

First off if you are being hired in a public school check your faith at the door your there to do a public school job your personal religious faith has nothing to do with teaching get over your self. if you cant do the job your being hired for dont accept it point blank. this goes for any job if you cant do the job as is required dont accept it point blank. your faith is yours alone keep it were it belongs. this is for any and all secular professions keep your faith out of everyone elses business full stop. i get really sick and tired of christians thinking they have the right to use there faith in every single context your faith is meant for at home and at church no where else. keep your christian views to your self and stay out of everyone else business as this is a secular science based world and much broader than the old world move on and get over your selfs.

Ari Joseph Bertine

If you're a teacher and you refuse to treat your students with basic human decency, and insist upon emotionally abusing them by imposing your personal beliefs onto their life, you should absolutely get fired. Treating children cruelly has no place in school. It doesn't matter what you think of their gender status, it's not your place to hurt them because you disagree.

William Kurt Green

I respect that your view comes from sincere religious conviction. I’m not trying to challenge anyone’s faith.

From a biological and medical perspective, however, sex is not strictly binary in all cases. While most people are born clearly male or female, there are well-documented natural variations in chromosomes, hormones, and sexual development—such as XXY, XO, androgen insensitivity, and other intersex conditions—that do not fit neatly into just two categories. These are recognized in genetics and medicine, not ideology.

Because of this biological complexity, many institutions separate biological sex from gender identity when creating policies, especially in schools, where student mental health and safety are central concerns.

People can hold strong religious beliefs about God’s design while also acknowledging that biology shows natural variation in human development. The two don’t have to be in conflict.

James Riggle-Johnson

What exactly is the problem here? That’s a rhetorical question, because the objection is already clear. But let’s look at what is actually being asked. Is this teacher required to commit a sin? No. Is she being asked to commit a crime? No. She is being asked to treat a student with basic respect.

In practical terms, how often does a teacher even use pronouns when addressing a student directly? Most teachers use names. I never addressed students as ‘Mister’ or ‘Miss.’ I used their names.

And that brings us to something simple. My name is James, but I ask people to call me Jim. If someone named Theodore prefers to be called Ted, or Dore, or Theo, we don’t turn that into a moral crisis. We recognize it as ordinary courtesy. We call people what they ask to be called because that is how respectful human interaction works.

One judge’s dissent tried to compare this to forcing a teacher to wear a political pin or endorse military action. That comparison falls apart immediately. No one is being asked to promote a political cause, support a government policy, or affirm a religious ideology. Those examples involve compelled political speech. This situation does not.

What is being asked here is far simpler: treat a student with dignity. There is nothing sinful about that. There is nothing criminal about that. It is simply respect.

Cam Kirmser

If a student's "preferred" pronoun is, "Master," is a teacher bound to use it?

If a white student demanded of a black teacher to use "Master," is the teacher required to use that address?

For myself, I do not buy into this "trans" foolishness. One is male or one is female, no amount of cosmetic surgery or enabling of mental problems will alter that and the proper pronouns to use are those assigned by the rules of English.

Billy Coley

It is hard to swallow the number of people who post on here that show no real idea of the teachings of Jesus...

I guess it is only in the white supremacist 'jesus' cherrypicked bible that talks about loving thy neighbor only if they fit your narrow, bigoted worldview

Billy Coley

I find it hard to believe a person is educated enough to be a teacher didn't get enough education to know that that is wrong.

If you were a teacher, it is probably best that ex nor preceded it

Lawyer John

The questions posed at the end of this article don't really apply. The Israeli question raises a political issue so the teacher would not have to comply. The Quaker teacher question also raises a political issue. With respect to atheist question, that has already been addressed in litigation and the answer is no.

Stanley Westbrook

I was a school teacher and I retired early due to the school policy of mandating teachers to accept and address a student by their preferred sex, regardless of their born gender identity. We all know that people are born either with male or female organs and that should determine what gender/sex they are, as far as I am concerned this is God's law. And man's law should be supportive of God's law. The only exception I can see to this is if a person is born with both male and female organs, which I have not known to exist. In this case once that child is of an age to decide what they want to be then they should choose.

Walter Abington

Throw the case out was correct. Public school is public school. Save your opinion for Sunday school.

John Florea Jr

This is the reason Church and State should NEVER be allowed to co-exist in a public education system. If you want to teach Christianity then go to a private school to teach. No one is FORCING these teachers into the public sector. These belief based issues only create issues by making rules where none need to be. What about beliefs of students, should we start allowing them to dictate what happens because they don't like something?

Christopher Buxton

look up the irish preacher teacher who is in prison for refusing at his school to call a boy a girl,in the republic of ialand

Donna J Enneking

Treating all others with kindness and respect should rule across the board. Jesus did not discriminate.

Rachael Evans

Sex and gender are two different things, and each is mutually exclusive of the other.

We are told that sex is Male or Female and for the majority of us, that's the truth. However, I'm intersex, hermaphrodite, I have DSD, or whatever term suits you. I was born with elements of both male and female reproductive systems. The Dr's chose male for me, and biologically, they were wrong. I look and sound male, but I am a female. I have monthly moments. I've had a partial hysterectomy, but I resemble what many would call Trans.

Gender is a social construct; as a society, we assign roles to males and females, including how we dress and behave. Think about it, why must a man wear a shirt and tie, but a female not so? It wasn't that long ago that ties never existed. We made up a social rule. Santa Claus is depicted as a jolly chap in red and white, yet before Coca-Cola, he was in green and white. We changed the rules. In Victorian times, boys wore pink, girls blue. Why must women be nurses and men, Doctors? These are social constructs, nothing more. If society is changing, then we will react to this.

The Bible and various other montheistic religions represent a binary male and female; other religions do not. The difference in what we believe as our religion is what we are exposed to, what we are taught, and what is normalised. This is why we have the cultural differences between Christians, Muslims, Jews, Buddhists, Sikhs, and others. Society has its norms, its interpretations. Remember that tie analogy above, there were no ties 0 BC, so how did we decide that a tie was a male item?

Sex is somewhat immutable, with a few exceptions; gender is fluid, it changes with society, fashion, culture. It's 2026, not 1926; we are, fortunately, still evolving.

Clara Ries

Absolutely. How you treat a customer, student, stakeholder as part of your job is absolutely speech that is controlled by your employer. In my world, we work with political stakeholders on the regular basis, regardless of party. We are not allow to engage in personal political discussion as part of our job. On break, no problem. I always tell new folks, it doesn't matter what you do on your own time, what signs you put in your yard, letter to the editor, whatever, that is yours. What you say as part of your job is controlled.

It is no different if you work at a support center, you cannot say what you want or feel is "morally correct" in your interaction, you need to read from the script and follow procedures.

Up here in Minnesota, we have Kwik Trip gas and convenience stores. They are required to say "See you again next time" when you check out no matter what you think.

I am also very careful not to wear my work logo clothing when I am preaching to in my activist role as that is against policy as well. It would imply I represent my employer in some way during the activity and I cannot do that.

Reverend Bobbie

As a 70 year old ordained minister and a memeber of the LGBTQ community, I am ashamed to hear people who claim to follow any spiritual path show such disdain and outright hatred for those of us who do not fit your restrictive idea of gender or sexual orientation. If someone is asking you to refer to them by pronouns that make them feel included and recognized it is just a simple human act of respect to do so. Your beliefs have nothing to do with it. My name is mine and you call me by that becasue you recognize me by that tag. A pronoun is the same. Nothing more. It is not your choice to decide. Get down off your soap box and let people be who they wish to be. It is not yours to judge, that duty belongs to the higher power.

Johnny Dale Crawley

English teachers need to teach English, not some made up extra gender language.

Andraste

Wrong.

Roy S. Thorpe

That pronouns thing is a load! Is everyone turning into gutless wonders these days? Isn't it about time to boot these crybabies to the curb! Are more and more of the inmates running the asylum? These people are cramming their Wackadoodle thinking into stupid laws! And they're teaching that to our young! And kids will believe anything!

Bernie James Rocheleau

While I am respective of pronoun preferences, I do wish they would have come up with something other than "they/them" as it can be quite grammatically confusing. I work with trans kids a lot and I often have to ask if they are referring to themselves as an individual or do they mean a group of people.

Donald V. Dunham

As someone ordained through this church, I approach this issue with pastoral gravity rather than political instinct.

Public education exists to form minds, not to become the battleground for unresolved cultural and metaphysical debates. When matters of identity, conscience, and compelled speech enter the classroom, we are no longer discussing simple policy, we are discussing the limits of institutional authority over both students and teachers.

Scripture reminds us in 1 Corinthians 14:40 that “all things should be done decently and in order.” Order requires clarity about the role of a school and the role of the family. It also requires humility from all sides.

Christ consistently demonstrated two truths that must never be separated: unwavering conviction and radical compassion. “Speak the truth in love,” Paul writes in Ephesians 4:15. Truth without love becomes harshness. Love without truth becomes confusion.

The question before us is not whether people deserve dignity, they do. The question is whether schools are being asked to carry moral responsibilities that rightly belong first to families and communities.

Mature faith does not panic, but it also does not surrender discernment. When institutions begin shaping language itself, thoughtful believers are right to ask where the boundaries should be.

This is not about fear. It is about stewardship, of conscience, of children, and of the integrity of both education and faith.

Michael Dwayne Cooper

Religion has nothing to do with pronouns. The distraction is stupid. He is for a male and she is for a female. I'm told there over fifty of these so call gender types and I don t think someone should be fired over not using them. I don t understand these other gender types myself. I don t think you should be called by what you kink is! Someone who likes someone of the same sex is a homosexual. If its two homosexual guys they are still both male. Duh!

Steven Ferrell

So we no longer have true freedom of speech in America anymore if it goes against the LBGXYZ alphabet group. You either comply with their sin, or lose your job, your livelihood, your own rights.
It is sad that if you don’t comply with sin, you are punished.

Danny Adrian Baker

It's not up to us to Judge what a person chooses for a pronoun. Only God's Judgement is what matters.

Ronaldo

In the past, "woman" meant "female" in all common usage, and "man" meant "male". Pronouns followed these definitions. Today, "woman" means "female" or the illusion thereof, and likewise with "man". The dictionaries have been changed to reflect these newer definitions, and pronouns are defined as relating to gender rather than biological sex. By accepting these new definitions, a Christian is neither lying nor going against God's will by using pronouns based on gender.

Walter Stanley Grudzinski

Sexual preferences do not belong in the classroom. However, teaching the correct subjects to enable students to be successful in their lives does belong in the classroom.

Rev Ned

If the teacher is a true “Christian”, the teacher will use the pronouns the person prefers. If the teacher is a “Christofascist” he/she won’t.

PKBW

Just what we need, MORE protests.

William E Muldrew

I think if people want you to honor their personal sex preferences they shouldn't indulge in public places that don't. They have the right to be and do what they want but don't put it on the next person's plate to deal with.

Cyndi McReynolds

How about we flip the script here and allow everyone to call a cis male bigot Miss, Mrs., or a nice respectful "Ma'am", or maybe even "M' Lady"?

How do you think they would handle being misidentified on a daily basis?

Of course we should do the same for cis female bigots. The term M'Lard springs to mind. One would be hard pressed to find a more respectful title.

I would love to see how they would like it if the shoe was on the other foot.

Come on. Join me. We can start a movement. It'll be fun.

Disclaimer: I have a transgender granddaughter, so I see this kind of disrespect a lot and am an advocate for the demystification of gender dismorphia. Gender dismorphia is a medical condition which is treatable by gender affirming medical care.

Christians would never stand for someone using the r word to describe their child who was born with downs syndrome. Yet they offend Trans children every day without a second thought.

"Because God made them as a boy or a girl" is an excuse to reject something that they don't understand.

God created babies with congenital defects as well; heart defects, conjoined twins, neurological disorders, etc.. Using this same logic, should we deny them treatment and watch them suffer when we could improve the quality of their lives through medical intervention?

God gave us the skills, knowledge and abilities to help these kids to grow into happy, healthy adults who have great things to offer this world. Why some people, not just Christians aren't willing to use those gifts from God to help Trans kids is beyond me.

WWJD? Think about it.

Christine Noel Kennedy

Okay well there is the fact that the word THEY has been taken your not two or more people your one human male, female, one type person now if you want to spesify whom you are then you must say what you are " transgender " as this is one person two genders. It just make sense to call this gender of person trans or transgender , if trangender people are looking to have a title that's what it should be. "They" refers to everybody and not everybody is transgender, so think about the what makes sence?

Dylan Tuatha Le Danaan

Grammar is grammar, he, she, and they are all forms of grammar.

If Andrew prefers to be called Andy, and Francesca prefers to be Frankie.I would call them what they prefer to be called it is called common decency and common respect. Refusal to do this, I feel constitutes disrespect, and abuse.

Reverend Paula Copp

You’re all entitled to your opinions, as am I. For the moment, we still have freedom of speech. I want people to be comfortable in their own skin, so it’s none of my business what you are… nor is it anyone else’s! For the christians in the room… Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Colleen McAllister

It is respectful to call someone by their preferred name or pronoun. Referring to a biological he as a she does not change who they are but will make them more comfortable. Nor does it show your approval of their lifestyle. It simply is acknowledging that they have the right to be respected as a person.

PKBW

NO!! This kind of stuff needs to stay away from our kids schools, churches and in the public. Since all this crap has started it has done nothing but confuse kids. Some even consider themselves as cats and want litter boxes in the bathrooms. This crap is messing these kids up and who knows what this world will be like when they hit age 20. Hate to even think. MALE/FEMALE. That's it.

Rev. Miche'al Yosef Dixon

To force people to say the fascist party line is first goose step towards the concentration camps. However, on the genders issue; my scripture faith aside, there are only three genders in nature; 1) Male has X chromosomes. 2) Female has Y chromosomes. 3) Hermaphrodite has both X&Y chromosomes. These is scientific fact that can't be changed. You can change the package but not the chromosomes. "in nature there are only two genders for one purpose, reproduction. The pleasure is a side effect." - Dr. Carl Jung

Dr. Zerpersande, NSC

People have nicknames. Robert gets called Rob, Robbie, Bob and even Dick. But those are ‘standard’ nicknames. A guy at my high school was on the football team and had the nickname Flash. Would it be wrong if he insisted that a teacher called him Flash?

Pronoun nicknames, who cares? Except for me I’d probably make mistakes and that would be a litmus test for the situation as far as I’m concerned. If I forgot you used the wrong pronoun, and the kid flipped out, well sorry but I’d probably start to ‘forget’ more often. But if the kid accepted the fact that I’ve been using those pronouns all my life and simply couldn’t just change 100%, then I’d probably do the opposite and make more of an effort.

But in general, I agree with the court. The teacher needs to suck it up and stop living in La La Land?

Sir Lionheart

We’ll be seeing next as “Educational Policies” that we need to provide doggie drinking bowls in the classrooms for children who want to identify as a “Pup”, and some children and adults do, believe me. We have the woke liberal left to thank (blame) for this. If we don’t comply they will jump up and down and scream like the spoiled children they are, making their facial jewelry and other facial hardware jingle. Are the liberal schools still supplying tampons in men’s bathrooms? 🤪

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ServantOfJudgement

Customized pronouns is self worship with the expectation that others confirm the self worship of the delusional. No.

To the whems, bems, thems, kems, zems, pems, hems, mems and flems, I respect you way too much to call you anything other than he or she. Come back, as quickly as you can.

Michael Hunt

To me, this is an issue of respecting the child's identity. She doesn't need to agree with the child, but if she's intentionally using pronouns the child has asked them not to use, they're creating a hostile learning environment for that child. This isn't a religious morality issue, it's an issue of respecting someone else's beliefs. If she can't do that, she shouldn't be a teacher.

Nicholas J Page

No body should be forced to say or do anything against their will.

Bill Thompson

I believe that to refer to a male as a she or a female as a he or the use of any other disorientation is a lie! It’s a break from truth and our Bible does not advocate a lie in order to make another feel aligned with God. Leave your sex alone and work with what God created you to be!

Susan Colmenares

Why is this a problem? “They” is merely a word, a collection of monemes. This is a tempest in a teapot.