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Loudoun County Public Schools officials suspended an elementary school teacher for voicing his objections to two proposed school policies during the public comment period of a school board meeting. The policies would force teachers to violate their beliefs by requiring them to address students with their chosen pronouns rather than the ones consistent with their biological sex.
Two Faculty members, Loudoun County High School history teacher Monica Gill and Smart's Mill Middle School English teacher Kim Wright, are seeking to join the lawsuit, which ADF attorneys originally filed on behalf of Leesburg Elementary School physical education teacher Tanner Cross.
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Read What 3 Teachers Had to Say About This Troubling School District PolicyThe school district is demanding that all teachers toe the ideological line or face the consequences.
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Teachers Stand Up Against Harmful Loudoun County School District PolicySchool district policy forces teachers to violate their beliefs by requiring them to address “gender-expansive or transgender students” in a manner inconsistent with their biological sex.
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Big News! Court Gets Loudoun County Teacher Tanner Cross Back in ClassTanner’s stand in court did ultimately pay off.
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B.P.J. v. West Virginia State Board of Education
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American College of Pediatricians v. Becerra
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Gordon College v. DeWeese-BoydA Gordon College associate professor of social work with an advanced degree in theology applied for promotion to full professorship, but her application was declined in 2016 because her performance fell short of the college’s expectations for faculty scholarship and institutional service. She also revealed that she no longer agrees with significant religious beliefs in the college’s covenantal documents that she had to reaffirm every year of her employment. Nonetheless, she filed suit over the college’s decision.
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Michael P. Farris, President and CEO
President and CEO
Michael P. Farris, CEO of Alliance Defending Freedom, brings to the role a diverse background as an effective litigator, educator, and public advocate.
Tyson Langhofer
Senior Counsel, Director of the Center for Academic Freedom
Tyson C. Langhofer serves as senior counsel and director of the Center for Academic Freedom with Alliance Defending Freedom.