Virginia School District Reinstates Teacher Fired for Opposing Gender Ideology on Social Media

Calvin Freiburger : Feb 3, 2025
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"The First Amendment guarantees a teacher's right to speak according to his or her religious beliefs and political values. The school district corrected a potentially costly mistake. Teachers have a right to express their conscience and religious beliefs in their private capacity without fear of retribution from their employer." -Liberty Counsel founder and chairman Mat Staver

[LifeSiteNews.com] Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) has given a Virginia teacher her job back after firing her for dissenting from transgender orthodoxy thanks to the intervention of religious liberty law firm Liberty Counsel. (Image: Pixabay)

As detailed in a November letter from Liberty Counsel to the district, the teacher (whose identity is being withheld) applied for a substitute teaching position and was given her first assignment the following month. But just two hours into her first day on September 15, she "was escorted out of the building" by the district's human resources director. The superintendent determined she was a "problem" due to political opinions and religious beliefs she had expressed on social media, and the school board removed her from the personnel list in a closed session.

In its letter, Liberty Counsel argued that the teacher's removal violated her rights to freedom of speech and religious expression under the Virginia Constitution, the Virginia Religious Freedom Restoration Act, Virginia non-discrimination law, the First Amendment of the US Constitution, Title VII of the federal Civil Rights Act of 1964, US Supreme Court precedent specifically recognizing the rights of teachers to express their own opinions when speaking as citizens outside of their official duties, and MCPS's own policies prohibiting viewpoint discrimination and protecting educators' right to political activity while off-duty... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

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