{"id":1021295,"date":"2021-11-16T22:13:58","date_gmt":"2021-11-17T03:13:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1021295"},"modified":"2021-11-16T22:14:01","modified_gmt":"2021-11-17T03:14:01","slug":"catholic-football-player-suspended-for-saying-there-are-two-genders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/catholic-football-player-suspended-for-saying-there-are-two-genders\/","title":{"rendered":"Catholic Football Player Suspended for Saying There Are Two Genders"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcatholic-football-player-suspended-for-saying-there-are-two-genders%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1021295&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">A freshman football player at Exeter High School in New Hampshire, who is also a practicing Catholic, was suspended from school after saying that there are only two genders.<\/p>\n<p>Now, the teenager\u2019s family is suing the school.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>According to the law firm representing the teen, identified in official documents as \u201cM.P.,\u201d the youth did nothing wrong and made use of his constitutional right to express his views.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cM. P. did not harass or demean any student, but simply expressed his views on a contentious cultural issue.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/\"><em>New Hampshire Journal<\/em><\/a>:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote readability=\"12\">\n<p>M.P. had an exchange with a progressive student, who is described as not being transgendered, on a school bus. During the conversation, M.P. relayed his belief informed by Catholic teaching that there are two genders, male and female. This exchange was followed by a conversation between the two students over a text messaging app. That\u2019s when the progressive student then got [Exeter Assistant Principal Marcy]Dovholuk involved.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/school-buses-are-parked-at-a-bus-depot-in-the-red-hook-neighborhood-picture-id1286538397\" alt=\"School buses are parked at a bus depot in the Red Hook neighborhood of Brooklyn on November 19, 2020 in New York City. Mayor Bill de Blasio closed...\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>(Michael M. Santiago\/Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>According to the complaint, the \u201cprogressive\u201d student printed out the text exchange and handed them to Dovholuk. The latter confronted M.P. with the messages and informed him that he would receive an athletic suspension.<\/p>\n<p>As the <em>New Hampshire Journal<\/em> reports:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"10\">\n<p>Exeter adopted a Gender Nonconforming Students policy in 2016 that states in part, \u2018[a] student has the right to be addressed by a name and pronoun that corresponds to the student\u2019s gender identity,\u2019 it also includes a broader rule: \u2018the intentional\u2026 refusal to respect a student\u2019s gender identity\u2026 is a violation of this policy.\u2019<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Exeter High School is no stranger to controversy. As the NH journal reports, the school appeared in a report filed by the New Hampshire&nbsp;Attorney General\u2019s Office and the office of the Commissioner for New Hampshire\u2019s Department of Education, in which it was found that school officials put marks on the hands of students at prom to indicate their vaccination status.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, it was revealed that Andres Mejia, the district\u2019s&nbsp;Director of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice, is on the leadership team of a local Black Lives Matter chapter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe complaint alleges the district is violating M.P. \u2018s rights under Article 22 of the New Hampshire Bill of Rights, which protects his right to free speech,\u201d the <em>NH Journal<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/nhjournal.com\/exeter-teen-disciplined-for-expressing-catholic-view-on-gender\/?fbclid=IwAR2TXockqUfurTC2kr4xN1b3ofLUCbYAqyFKOtOO-phdtB4Hfn9UA3CpHHs\">reports<\/a>. \u201cThe suit also argues the school had no legal ability to punish M. P. for the content of his off-campus text messages.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a similar case, on Tuesday, the Loudoun County school board <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/sports\/2021\/11\/16\/school-board-reverses-suspension-gym-coach-who-refused-use-preferred-pronouns\/\">reversed<\/a> the suspension of a gym coach who refused to use a student\u2019s preferred pronouns.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A freshman football player at Exeter High School in New Hampshire, who is also a practicing Catholic, was suspended from school after saying that there are only two genders. 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