{"id":1954327,"date":"2023-06-22T15:21:02","date_gmt":"2023-06-22T19:21:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-biology-professor-says-he-was-fired-after-teaching-about-sex-differences\/"},"modified":"2023-06-22T15:22:40","modified_gmt":"2023-06-22T19:22:40","slug":"texas-biology-professor-says-he-was-fired-after-teaching-about-sex-differences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-biology-professor-says-he-was-fired-after-teaching-about-sex-differences\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas prof fired for teaching about sex differences."},"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\">16<\/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%2Ftexas-biology-professor-says-he-was-fired-after-teaching-about-sex-differences%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=1954327&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--><h2>A Christian Professor in Texas Fired for &#8220;Religious Preaching&#8221; in Biology Class<\/h2>\n<p>A Christian professor in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/texas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Texas<\/a> said that he was fired from his position at St. Philip\u2019s College after he was accused of \u201creligious preaching\u201d after teaching about sex differences in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/education\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">biology class<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Lawyers for Dr. Johnson Varkey have demanded that the San Antonio area college reinstate him to his adjunct professor position after he said he was erroneously fired in January. The firm representing Varkey, the First Liberty Institute, sent a <a href=\"https:\/\/firstliberty.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Letter-from-First-Liberty-6-20-2360_Redacted.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">letter<\/a> to the school this week requesting reinstatement.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cIn January 2023, St. Philip\u2019s College fired Dr. Varkey for teaching human biology just as he did in his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-biology-professor-says-he-was-fired-after-teaching-about-sex-differences\/\" title=\"Texas prof fired for teaching about sex differences.\">previous twenty-year career<\/a> as a professor. His statements are not only supported by his extensive education and experience, but they also reflect his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-republicans-push-bill-aimed-at-balancing-lgbt-rights-and-religious-freedom\/\" title=\"House Republicans Push Bill Aimed at Balancing LGBT Rights and Religious Freedom\">sincerely held religious beliefs<\/a>,\u201d a Tuesday letter from First Liberty to St. Phillip\u2019s administrators reads.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>First Liberty argues that Varkey\u2019s removal from his position violated federal and state law, and targeted Varkey\u2019s First Amendment rights. Varkey has taught anatomy and physiology at the school for over 20 years.<\/p>\n<p>He was accused by students of \u201creligious preaching, discriminatory comments about homosexuals and transgender individuals, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-tested-by-abortion-pill-access-fight-with-uncertain-gop\/\" title=\"Biden tested by abortion pill access fight with uncertain GOP\">anti-abortion rhetoric<\/a>, and misogynistic banter,\u201d during his teaching in the fall of 2022.<\/p>\n<p>According to his lawyers, Varkey, who is also an associate pastor at a church in San Antonio, is a devout Christian who adheres to Christian teachings on sexuality and abortion but has not expressed those beliefs in the classroom.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cAs his stellar performance reviews suggest, Dr. Varkey gladly taught students of all beliefs and backgrounds. Throughout his employment, he never discussed with any student his personal views \u2014 religious or otherwise \u2014 on human gender or sexuality,\u201d the letter says.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The problem for Varkey came in November 2022 when several students walked out of a lecture when he discussed sexual differences.<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1687352286746000&#038;usg=AOvVaw2XxW0VTdKx-2nQAhkiTR8M\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cOn November 28, 2022, four of Dr. Varkey\u2019s students walked out of his class when he stated, consistent with his study of human biology and his religious beliefs, that sex was determined by chromosomes X and Y,\u201d the letter says.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In January 2023, Varkey received an email from the Alamo Colleges District Human Resources department saying that his credentials would be revoked pending investigation after a complaint stemming from his November lecture. Later that month, Varkey was told that he would be terminated due to the complaint.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile some of the subject matter may be connected to class content, it was very clear, from the complaints, that you pushed beyond the bounds of academic freedom with your personal opinions that were offensive to many individuals in the classroom,\u201d the school said in an email to Varkey.<\/p>\n<p>The college noted that he was not slated to teach classes in the spring, but that he would not have any further teaching opportunities with the school.<\/p>\n<p>St. Philip\u2019s College has faced complaints from conservative-leaning professors in the past, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/a-look-back-on-court-packing-attempts-in-us-history\/\" title=\"A Look Back On \u2018Court Packing\u2019 Attempts in US History\">political science professor<\/a> Will Moravits saying last month that his contract was terminated because of his beliefs after student complaints.<\/p>\n<p>A lawyer for Moravits said that he had <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2023\/05\/26\/professor-alleges-fired-conservative-beliefs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">only attempted<\/a> to get students \u201cto engage all sides of controversial issues, such as police brutality and gender ideology. Many of his engagements with students in class discussion came in direct response to their questions.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Texas Christian professor claims he was terminated from St. Philip&#8217;s College for discussing sex differences in biology class, accused of &#8220;religious preaching.&#8221; Dr. Johnson Varkey&#8217;s lawyers have urged the college to reinstate him as an adjunct professor in San Antonio.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":200,"featured_media":1954328,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1954327","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1954327","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/200"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1954327"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1954327\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1954328"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1954327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1954327"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1954327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}