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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.

harrys_balzac ,

Thomas Jefferson wrote that there should be “a wall of separation of Church and State.” Meaning no religion in government matters. Meaning, no tax breaks, no National Cathedral, no “In God We Trust”, no “one nation under God.”

Of course the people who scream about what the Founding Fathers wanted tend to ignore what the Founding Fathers really said.

kibiz0r ,

You’re free to say whatever you want. Nobody’s stopping you. But if you choose to work a job where 80% of it is talking, don’t be surprised when your performance is measured by what you say.

flicker ,

I’m not trans.

I hate my legal name. I will change it when I’m ready to do the paperwork. Until then, everyone calls me the name I prefer.

I would have been a thorn in this teacher’s side. I’m not answering to that name, asshole. I’m not writing it on any documents. I’m allowed to tell you what to call me for whatever reason I want. My mother’s best friend, who I was named for, was an abusive fucking cunt to me and every time you say her name I’m reminded of her.

What a douche. Stop policing names. The only names worth policing are the ones that are remarkably dumb.

watersnipje ,

Byeee

norimee ,

It’s discrimination because he can’t discriminate others?

Freedom of discrimination for me, but not for thee?

Klnsfw ,

Ban the bully from the school where they harassed kids. It should always be like that.

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.

Socsa ,

Oh no.

Anyway

NauticalNoodle ,

Good.

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.

auzy ,

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

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?

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.

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.

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)

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