Government Cannot Force Americans to Affirm Transgender Ideology by Travis Barham

In the last year and a half, multiple courts have ruled against government bodies that tried to force citizens to affirm transgender ideology the idea that what really defines who we are is not our sex, but our gender identity. According to this ideology, a male who identifies as a woman is really a woman and must be called by feminine names and pronouns.

Yet voices in the mainstream media, such as the editorial board of The Washington Post, seem to believe that the courts have it wrong, and that all teachers who decline to use transgender pronouns are hateful people who are unfit to teach. This couldn t be any further from the truth.

The Post editorial highlights Dr. Nicholas Meriwether, who in March received a 3 0 win from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit. As a philosophy professor at Shawnee State University in Ohio, he has long addressed male students as Mr. or sir and female students as Ms. or ma am.

In 2018, a male student informed Dr. Meriwether that he identified as a woman and would get Dr. Meriwether fired if he did not address the student as such.

As a devout Christian and thoughtful philosophy professor, Dr. Meriwether recognized that addressing a male as a female would be endorsing an ideology that he believes is false. Still, Dr. Meriwether wants to treat all students with respect. Therefore, he offered to refer to this student by last name to accommodate the student while not violating his own conscience.

Months later, the university responded by punishing Dr. Meriwether, and Alliance Defending Freedom has represented him in court ever since.

via townhall.com

Craziness.