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Teacher says contract wasn't renewed because he wouldn't use trans students' preferred names

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.

NoIWontPickAName ,

Seems like this whole problem could have been avoided by just using everyone’s last names.

Viking_Hippie ,

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

Fun fact: when your religious beliefs include a mandate to trample on the rights of others based on pure bigotry, you and your obnoxious interpretation of bronze age fairy tales can fuck off.

Blum0108 ,

I also am unsure of where in the Bible it states that pronouns are immutable.

Viking_Hippie ,

Maybe it’s one of those wacky rules in Leviticus? 🤷

girlfreddy , (edited )
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Genesis 5: 2 says “Male and female he created them, and he blessed them.”

I like to point to the word ‘and’, just to make sure Xtians notice it doesn’t say ‘or’.

Sharkwellington ,

Genesis 5: 2 says “Male and female he created them, and he blessed them.”

In an English translation. I’d be interested to see what subtleties in the original text didn’t make it over.

FlyingSquid ,
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God changes pronouns in Genesis:

lectionary.blog/2019/02/14/god-grammar-pronouns/

Sterile_Technique ,
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Idk, but the lady on Fox said it was against my religion, she sounded really sure of herself, and it lines up nicely with my bigoted personality. I think this one’s safe to just take at face value and assume it’s part of my religion. It’s what I’m told Jesus would do!!

ImADifferentBird ,
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It’s worth noting that, in Jewish traditions, the rabbis have identified eight distinct genders, four of which could be described as trans. So this whole “man and woman, that’s it and you’re stuck with it” nonsense is a distinctly Christian thing. myjewishlearning.com/…/the-eight-genders-in-the-t…

Sharkwellington ,

And Native Americans have 5 genders.

Weird that entirely separate and different societies all come to the conclusion that there should be more than just 2 genders that are locked in at birth.

It’s almost as if each person is unique and shoehorning people into only one possible way of living based on your sex is archaic and holding us back from living our most fulfilling lives.

bradorsomething ,

When you forget a trinity makes your god he/him/they.

Buffalox ,

If he can’t show common decency for his students, he absolutely needs to go.

Ilovemyirishtemper ,

Whelp, Walker neutered our teachers’ unions, and the conservatives pushed for being a right to work state, so here are some unexpected consequences of that. They do not have to tell him why his contract wasn’t renewed, and now he doesn’t have a union backing his position. Plus, he wasn’t even “fired,” just not renewed.

F this teacher for creating an environment of hate.

jerkface ,
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Teachers don’t even have a union? WHY DO YOU HATE YOURSELVES SO MUCH??

Maggoty ,

Because unions are villainous commie organizations who do nothing but sap your paycheck and eat god fearing children. The worst part is they have a better villain laugh than the politicians. Really they just had to be stopped!

Zahille7 ,

Idk man. When I was in school before everyone started coming out as trans and such, all my teachers would still ask if there was a different name you preferred on like the first day of school. And they suck to it. It didn’t matter if the student was gay, straight, trans, or whatever; they still had a preferred name they liked to be called by, the teachers asked, and they respected it. I’d like to think those teachers of mine would continue this practice and not have an issue with it, but you never really know.

alienanimals ,

Someone should start going by the name, “I owe you 5 dollars”. It’s a fool-proof way to get rich quick.

Exusia ,
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Man how hard it must be to suck it up, and just do something you don’t agree with because your job said to. What a fucking child of an adult.

This isn’t a new debate, he chose to work in a field where he was gonna be asked to do this eventually. I have to call people “valued customers” all day and don’t agree with it, I don’t see how this is any harder for him to adapt to in his field. (Not that pronoun requests are frivolous and dumb, they’re easy to just…do)

SeaJ ,

What religion requires you to use someone’s birth name? It can’t be Christianity since people always go around calling that one dude Jesus when his birth name was Yeshua.

masterofn001 ,

Also, As a catholic or protestant you get to choose a confirmation name.

TheOctonaut ,

Plus Jesus loved renaming people so there’s that.

Mediocre_Bard ,

Yep, and good riddance.

If students do not feel respected, then they will neither give respect nor learn. You call a kid what they want to be called. Without a sense of shared community, the classroom will fail.

Additionally, there is not a religion on earth that says you can’t use people’s nicknames, preferred names, chosen names, or whatever. This guy can go eat a bag of Dicks.

Wrench ,

We had two kids my age that wanted to be called by Final Fantasy character names. AFAIK, no one had any problem with it.

mosiacmango ,

I had a classmate that hated her name that went by Peaches. She would politely correct each teacher each year, and it was done.

The only time I ever saw her have an issue was with a shitheel sub who refused to call her that, and the class literally revolted. Started yelling “thats her name” and “what’s your problem!” We just brutalized that dude for the whole class hour about it. Never saw him again.

It was great.

ImADifferentBird ,
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I mean, good. If he isn’t going to do even the single most basic thing to connect with his students and meet them where they are, how can he ever be an effective teacher?

Sharkwellington ,

Right? Some of these kids see their teachers more than their actual parents. Could you imagine having to deal with such blatant disrespect every day from someone that is meant to be your role model?

auzy ,

Sounds like he was actually kicked for being disrespectful. You can use your freedom of speech to be an ass surprisingly enough

Maggoty ,

Let’s all say it together.

Your Rights. Do Not. Override. The Rights. Of Others.

It’s a far smaller imposition to use a preferred name than it is to be dead named.

NauticalNoodle ,

Good.

Socsa ,

Oh no.

Anyway

zbyte64 ,

If your religion tells you to be an asshole to kids, find a new religion. Weird how there are many Christians who don’t have this problem, almost like this is not how normal people act but we have an asshole looking for an excuse 🧐

SapphironZA ,

Also weird that they have no problems with that same religion being a hotbed for pedophiles.

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