Federal judge says Christian teacher has no right to misgender students

John Kluge
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A federal appeals court just told a public school teacher that he does not have a constitutional right to misgender transgender students.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, based in Chicago, ruled that Brownsburg, Indiana orchestra teacher John Kluge could not use his religion as an excuse to violate the school’s policy on transgender students.

Kluge said that he was forced to resign in 2018 because he didn’t want to follow Brownsburg High School’s policy on transgender students. The policy said that trans students who submit written consent from a doctor and a parent must be referred to with their correct names and pronouns.

Kluge said that, as a Christian, he had to call those students by the names they were given at birth.

“I’m being compelled to encourage students in what I believe is something that’s a dangerous lifestyle,” he said at the time. “I’m…

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