A Virginia teacher who was fired last year for refusing to to refer to a transgender student by male pronouns is now suing the school board that unanimously voted to terminate him. The teacher, Peter Vlaming, taught French at West Point High School for nearly seven years.
Vlaming filed his suit in state court on Monday, according to CBS News Richmond affiliate WTVR.
Vlaming allgedly refused to call a ninth grade student by the male pronouns "he" and "him" because he considered it a "lie," principal Jonathan Hochman told the school board last year. The student had transitioned and used male pronouns.
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17 comments:
I hope the teacher wins
I hope he takes them to the cleaners. Libtards.
Good, Sue the ever living crap out of them, and if you lose, sue again and again until you win!!!! or until the judge won't hear the case anymore... Stand strong do not waiver like the rest of these stupid morons living around this area... I stand with you!!!!
Yet we can't say Merry Christmas and oh can never ever mention God...those are dirty words...I hope this goes to the Supreme Court and the teacher wins...
Good for him, I hope he wins. Compelled speech, is NOT free speech.
@ TheRealRay
You absolutely can say Merry Christmas, and it's not about "mentioning God", it's about turning a public education in to an opportunity to proselytize to other people children without consent to. It's school, not church or Sunday school. Appropriate time and place.
You can't stand up in a movie and start praying out loud and then cry foul when you are kicked out. Proper time and place, just basic decency really.
Northwest Woodsman: If it has male plumbing it is a “he”. If it has female plumbing it is a “she”. They can pretend all they want, but those are the facts. Saw a creature the other day with hair shorter than mine and in men’s clothing when I noticed that under the baggy shirt it was most likely a “she”. She was standing in my way so I purposely said excuse me sir as I walked past. They can manipulate pronouns if they desire, however, there is definitely mental illness on display here. If homosexuality was actually normal, we as humans would eventually cease to exist. If that bit of truth is insensitive, so be it. Cultural marxists at work here, breaking down behavioral norms.
They are called Freaks where I come from!
@ October 3, 2019 at 10:06 AM The Woodsman
Some things I agree with, and others you missed the boat on.
Yes, our biology defines our sex. Male & Female. There are anomalies to our chromosomes which do result in intersex people, but that is a very small amount of people. Think along the lines of: sometimes people are born with 6 fingers, it's a biological anomaly, not a new sect of people. It may be an anomaly, but it is a normal happening.
Gender and gender roles have and do vary drastically through cultures and history. My take is that if someone presents and male, I call them "he" and female "she". If corrected, I will do the decent thing and try to respect that person... but I won't be shamed if I make an error. Nor will I submit to compelled speech.
Homosexuality is actually found in many species, not just homo-sapiens. It's not about being "normal", it's that they exist. If a certain percentage of species presents as homosexual then it is normal. Also, for a minute, lets assume everyone was homosexual. How would that prevent the propagation of the human race in any way? We know how babies are made.. that would not stop.
Isaiah 5:20-21 King James Version (KJV)
20 Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
21 Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!
God either mad us male or female with very few exceptions...
Plumbing aside, judge by their chromosomes...
What does "Woe" mean ?
@ October 3, 2019 at 12:48 PM
Look, I don't want to burst your self righteous bubble there, but until you can actually produce some tangible evidence of your deity... please don't pretend to come here and finger wag at anyone quoting some holy text.
It has exactly as much substance of any and all the other holy texts from other religions who have equally as little evidence to back up their claims.
For example, I could quote the 3rd and 4th Tenants of the Satanic Temple:
- One’s body is inviolable, subject to one’s own will alone.
- The freedoms of others should be respected, including the freedom to offend. To willfully and unjustly encroach upon the freedoms of another is to forgo one's own.
But in doing so, it really doesn't add anything does it?
Here is a novel idea... how about actually participating in the discourse and forming some ideas to help move the conversation forward?
HAHAHA. WOW. Teacher's helped this and many more issue's to happen by keeping their mouths shut. As long as the kept getting raise's they didn't care. Now they want to cry about SAFETY. They want to cry about pay. They want to cry about paying for supplies. Sick of TEACHERS. STOP letting your Union and school board put you in this situation. But yet in a couple of months (like clock work) they will be back crying about money. AGAIN!! YOU NEVER HEAR PRIVATE SCHOOL SYSTEM TEACHERS CRY ABOUT ANY OF THESE ISSUE'S. I wonder why?? LOL
I'll see you on Judgement Day...
I'll be watching from the Wings of my God & Savior Jesus Christ
AS YOU ARE CONDEMNED TO ETERNAL DAMATION IN HELL
for your refusal to accept Christ as your Savior...
BRING YOUR MARSHMALLOWS....ITS A ROUGH FLAME YOU FACE IN HELL YOU DEMON ON EARTH
Since when do we accept and encourage mental illness? You want to live in a fantasy world and call yourself a prius or a war tank fine, however i shouldnt be forced to cater or participate in your dilusion. We dont tell people that hallucinate that what they see is real, why is this any different?
@ October 3, 2019 at 9:48 PM
I'm pretty sure it's a sin to pretend you know the mind of your God, isn't it? To pretend to claim knowledge only it has?
Look, just a bit of help for you, I don't believe in your deity ipso facto I don't believe in it's heaven or hell. So threats of said hell are just not scary... in fact threats typed in all caps are actually sort of funny. See how it works is: no evidence for said deity means no evidence for said hell.
I wonder if you really are trying to convince me of your belief, or if you just want to smugly sit on your hill, point fingers, and judge others.... which if not mistaken is also a sin?
Look, if you really were interested in convincing me of your belief.. OR to take stock in it's holy text in regards to the issue being discussed, this isn't a very good way to do it, and I'm open to hearing another try from you. The mafia protection money racket tactic where I pay you for protection from you isn't a very convincing one... nor is it a moral one, quite frankly.
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