Judge Says Christian Prof’s Beliefs ‘Not Protected Under the First Amendment’
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(Worthy News) – A Christian professor has lost his lawsuit against an Ohio university after he was reprimanded for refusing to address a biological male student who identifies as female with the proper pronouns.
Nicholas Meriwether, a philosophy professor at Shawnee State University in Portsmouth, filed a lawsuit in 2018 after the school placed a written warning in his personnel file for not calling the student “Miss” or “she.”
US District Judge Susan Dlott, a Clinton appointee, threw out Meriwether’s lawsuit last week. “His speech – the manner by which he addressed a transgender student – was not protected under the First Amendment,” Dlott wrote in a three-page opinion. [ Source: CBN News (Read More…) ]
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