{"id":894355,"date":"2021-10-18T14:44:42","date_gmt":"2021-10-18T18:44:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=894355"},"modified":"2021-10-18T14:44:44","modified_gmt":"2021-10-18T18:44:44","slug":"aclu-targets-loudoun-county-teachers-speech-wants-them-forced-to-use-gender-affirming-pronouns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/aclu-targets-loudoun-county-teachers-speech-wants-them-forced-to-use-gender-affirming-pronouns\/","title":{"rendered":"ACLU Targets Loudoun County Teachers\u2019 Speech, Wants Them Forced To Use \u2018Gender-Affirming\u2019 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%2Faclu-targets-loudoun-county-teachers-speech-wants-them-forced-to-use-gender-affirming-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=894355&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>Last week, the American Civil Liberties Union, which was founded on the principle of defending Americans\u2019 civil liberties, filed an amicus brief arguing against Loudoun County Circuit Court teachers who have refused to use \u201cgender-affirming\u201d pronouns. The ACLU of Virginia stated, \u201cWhile the teachers may disagree with the policy, they do not have the right to violate it in their capacity as K-12 teachers in the Loudoun County school system.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In August, the Virginia Supreme Court issued an&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/adfmedialegalfiles.blob.core.windows.net\/files\/CrossOrderVSC.pdf\">order<\/a> affirming \u201ca lower court\u2019s decision to temporarily reinstate Leesburg Elementary School physical education teacher Tanner Cross after Loudoun County Public Schools suspended him for voicing objections to a proposed policy during the public comment period of a school board meeting.<\/p>\n<p>The lower court ruled that the school district\u2019s actions were likely unconstitutional, and the state high court agreed,\u201d the Alliance Defending Freedom, which represents Cross, <a href=\"https:\/\/adfmedia.org\/case\/cross-v-loudoun-county-school-board\">reported<\/a>, adding, \u201cThe school board eventually passed a version of the proposed policy discussed at the May 25 school board meeting, which resulted in Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys recently asking the trial court to allow them to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/adfmedia.org\/press-release\/teachers-ask-virginia-court-halt-school-districts-new-coercive-speech-policy\">amend the lawsuit<\/a>&nbsp;to challenge that policy on behalf of three faculty members, now including Loudoun County High School history teacher Monica Gill and Smart\u2019s Mill Middle School English teacher Kim Wright. \u2026 The new policy forces all of the school district\u2019s students and staff to refer to \u2018gender-expansive or transgender\u2019 students using whatever gender pronoun is chosen by the student, regardless of whether the pronoun is consistent with the student\u2019s biological sex.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The ACLU, on behalf of ACLU Virginia, ACLU, Equality Virginia, Equality Loudoun, Side By Side, and He She Ze and We filed a brief challenging the emergency petition and preliminary injunction request filed by the Alliance Defending Freedom on behalf of the three teachers.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING: Three teachers in Loudoun county are going to court simply because they don&#8217;t want to use trans &amp; nonbinary students&#8217; pronouns. \ud83d\udc40<\/p>\n<p>We and partners filed an amicus brief to tell the court: Refusing to use a student&#8217;s pronouns because of who they are is discrimination. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8dAsnXMfAh\">pic.twitter.com\/8dAsnXMfAh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ACLU of Virginia (@ACLUVA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ACLUVA\/status\/1448688926823260177?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 14, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The ACLU of Virginia <a href=\"https:\/\/acluva.org\/en\/cases\/byron-tanner-cross-et-al-v-loudoun-county-school-board-et-al-amicus\">stated<\/a>, \u201cWhile the teachers may disagree with the policy, they do not have the right to violate it in their capacity as K-12 teachers in the Loudoun County school system. The policy protects trans and gender-expansive students from discrimination and necessitates equal treatment of all students in Loudoun County. We know that<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week, the American Civil Liberties Union, which was founded on the principle of defending Americans\u2019 civil liberties, filed an amicus brief arguing against Loudoun County Circuit Court teachers who have refused to use \u201cgender-affirming\u201d pronouns. The ACLU of Virginia stated, \u201cWhile the teachers may disagree with the policy, they do not have the right to violate it in their capacity as K-12 teachers in the Loudoun County school system.\u201dIn August, the Virginia Supreme Court issued an\u00a0order affirming \u201ca lower court\u2019s decision to temporarily reinstate Leesburg Elementary School physical education teacher Tanner Cross after Loudoun County Public Schools suspended him for voicing objections to a proposed policy during the public comment period of a school board meeting.The lower court ruled that the school district\u2019s actions were likely unconstitutional, and the state high court agreed,\u201d the Alliance Defending Freedom, which represents Cross, reported, adding, \u201cThe school board eventually passed a version of the proposed policy discussed at the May 25 school board meeting, which resulted in Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys recently asking the trial court to allow them to\u00a0amend the lawsuit\u00a0to challenge that policy on behalf of three faculty members, now including Loudoun County High School history teacher Monica Gill and Smart\u2019s Mill Middle School English teacher Kim Wright. \u2026 The new policy forces all of the school district\u2019s students and staff to refer to \u2018gender-expansive or transgender\u2019 students using whatever gender pronoun is chosen by the student, regardless of whether the pronoun is consistent with the student\u2019s biological sex.\u201dThe ACLU, on behalf of ACLU Virginia, ACLU, Equality Virginia, Equality Loudoun, Side By Side, and He She Ze and We filed a brief challenging the emergency petition and preliminary injunction request filed by the Alliance Defending Freedom on behalf of the three teachers.BREAKING: Three teachers in Loudoun county are going to court simply because they don&#8217;t want to use trans &#038; nonbinary students&#8217; pronouns. \ud83d\udc40We and partners filed an amicus brief to tell the court: Refusing to use a student&#8217;s pronouns because of who they are is discrimination. pic.twitter.com\/8dAsnXMfAh\u2014 ACLU of Virginia (@ACLUVA) October 14, 2021The ACLU of Virginia stated, \u201cWhile the teachers may disagree with the policy, they do not have the right to violate it in their capacity as K-12 teachers in the Loudoun County school system. The policy protects trans and gender-expansive students from discrimination and necessitates equal treatment of all students in Loudoun County. We know that discriminatory practices, such as the refusal to use a student\u2019s gender-affirming pronouns, can exacerbate gender dysphoria and harm socio-emotional development during critical childhood years. Policy 8040 ensures that trans and non-binary students can focus on their education without the added stigmatization, stress and anxiety of being misgendered by their teachers.\u201dThe brief states, \u201cWhen teachers address students in the classroom as part of their job duties, they are engaging in curricular speech and the school board has both the right and the\u00a0 responsibility to supervise the messages being sent to students with the school\u2019s imprimatur.\u201dJournalist Glenn Greenwald noted, \u201cI read this ACLU brief. This is the first time, at least to my knowledge, that ACLU is explicitly arguing in court that the First Amendment\u2019s free speech clause has been interpreted *too broadly* by courts, and are advocating *a more restrictive view* of what free speech means.\u201dI read this ACLU brief. This is the first time, at least to my knowledge, that ACLU is explicitly arguing in court that the First Amendment&#8217;s free speech clause has been interpreted *too broadly* by courts, and are advocating *a more restrictive view* of what free speech means. https:\/\/t.co\/RKfmDVLGw7\u2014 Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) October 17, 2021Wendy Kaminer, a former board member of the ACLU, noted in The Wall Street Journal in 2018:The American Civil Liberties Union has explicitly endorsed the view that free speech can harm \u201cmarginalized\u201d groups by undermining their civil rights. \u201cSpeech that denigrates such groups can inflict serious harms and is intended to and often will impede progress toward equality,\u201d the ACLU declares in new guidelines governing case selection and \u201cConflicts Between Competing Values or Priorities.\u201dThis is presented as an explanation rather than a change of policy, and free-speech advocates know the ACLU has already lost its zeal for vigorously defending the speech it hates.\u00a0\u2026The 2018 guidelines claim that \u201cthe ACLU is committed to defending speech rights without regard to whether the views expressed are consistent with or opposed to the ACLU\u2019s core values, priorities and goals.\u201d But directly contradicting that assertion, they also cite as a reason to decline taking a free-speech case \u201cthe extent to which the speech may assist in advancing the goals of white supremacists or others whose views are contrary to our values.\u201d In selecting speech cases to defend, the ACLU will now balance the \u201cimpact of the proposed speech and the impact of its suppression.\u201d Factors like the potential effect of the speech on \u201cmarginalized communities\u201d and even on \u201cthe ACLU\u2019s credibility\u201d could militate against taking a case.The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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