{"id":1386695,"date":"2022-03-17T15:49:18","date_gmt":"2022-03-17T19:49:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1386695"},"modified":"2022-03-17T15:59:57","modified_gmt":"2022-03-17T19:59:57","slug":"christian-teacher-suing-school-board-after-being-suspended-for-using-wrong-transgender-pronouns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/christian-teacher-suing-school-board-after-being-suspended-for-using-wrong-transgender-pronouns\/","title":{"rendered":"Christian Teacher Suing School Board After Being Suspended for Using Wrong Transgender Pronouns"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/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%2Fchristian-teacher-suing-school-board-after-being-suspended-for-using-wrong-transgender-pronouns%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=1386695&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--><div><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">A Christian teacher in Kansas is suing her school board, the superintendent, and the principal after allegedly being suspended for using a student\u2019s wrong transgender pronouns.<\/p>\n<p>Fort Riley Middle School teacher Pamela Ricard claims the suspension violated her First Amendment religious freedom rights.<\/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>The complaint\u00a0<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/sunflowerstatejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/geartsuit.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Ms. Ricard believes that God created human beings as either male or female, that this sex is fixed in each person from the moment of conception, and that it cannot be changed, regardless of an individual person\u2019s feelings, desires, or preferences. Any policy that requires Ms. Ricard to refer to a student by a gendered, nonbinary, or plural pronoun (e.g., he\/him, she\/her, they\/them, zhe\/zher, etc.) or salutation (Mr., Miss, Ms.) or other gendered language that is different from the student\u2019s biological sex actively violates Ms. Ricard\u2019s religious beliefs<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The lawsuit claims the school board suspended her and issued a written reprimand for failing to follow the school\u2019s policies regarding diversity and inclusion.<\/p>\n<p>On April 7, 2021, Ricard allegedly called one of her students \u201cmiss\u201d to gain her attention. Another classmate emailed Ricard after class informing her of the student\u2019s different first name and new he\/him pronouns.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>The following day, Ricard addressed the student by her last name, avoiding using pronouns entirely. The same classmate who emailed Ricard, frustrated, left a note on her desk calling her \u201ctransphobic,\u201d adding, \u201cmy pronouns are he\/they btw.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The classmate\u2019s note\u00a0<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/sunflowerstatejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/geartsuit.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>His pronouns are He\/Him &#038; if you cant act like an Adult &#038; respect him &#038; his pronouns then prepare yourself to deal with his mother since you cant be a decent human being and respect him. All youre doing right now is showing that youre transphobic &#038; don\u2019t care that youre being visibly transphobic.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Two days after the initial incident, Ricard discussed the issue with school officials, the complaint said. Later that day, the district put Ricard on a three-day paid suspension while school officials investigated any possible violations of school board policy, the complaint\u00a0<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/sunflowerstatejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/geartsuit.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">alleges<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Once Ricard returned from the suspension, the school reprimanded her for allegedly violating school board policies. The board also ordered Ricard to use the student\u2019s new name and pronouns. Ricard signed the reprimand but handwrote, \u201cI do not agree with this,\u201d the complaint\u00a0<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/sunflowerstatejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/geartsuit.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>During an August closed board hearing regarding Richard\u2019s employee discipline, the board allegedly denied her request for a \u201cspecific accommodation and policy that would allow her to continue to address students by their names but refrain from using preferred pronouns or other gender-specific language, for a student when such pronouns or language were different than the student\u2019s biological sex.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>Although the school suspended her in April, Ricard claims the school had no \u201cformal policy regarding student preferred name and pronoun use at the time she<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>was suspended and reprimanded.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>One week after her suspension, the school principal sent all teachers training documents on \u201cDiversity Training on Gender Identity and Gender Expression as well as a protocol document regarding the Use of Preferred Names and Pronouns,\u201d according to the complaint. The district then implemented a policy requiring teachers to use their students\u2019 preferred names and pronouns in October.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo public school teacher should be forced to contradict their core beliefs in order to teach math to middle schoolers,\u201d Ricard\u00a0<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/nation\/2022\/03\/15\/kansas-teacher-lawsuit-gender-pronouns-religion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told<\/a>\u00a0the\u00a0<em>Washington Post<\/em>. \u201cI treat all students with respect, but the district has rejected any attempts to find a compromise that respects students without violating my convictions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe school district disciplined Ms. Ricard not for something she said, but for something she couldn\u2019t say,\u201d Ricard\u2019s attorney\u00a0<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/nation\/2022\/03\/15\/kansas-teacher-lawsuit-gender-pronouns-religion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The case is\u00a0<em>Ricard v. USD 475 Geary County Schools School Board<\/em>, No.\u00a0<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/sunflowerstatejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/geartsuit.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">5:22-cv-04015<\/a>, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Christian teacher in Kansas is suing her school board, the superintendent, and the principal after allegedly being suspended for using a student\u2019s wrong transgender pronouns. 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