I have 0 sympathy for the religious freedom argument. Here are the job

requirements. If you can fulfill them, fine, if not then don't apply for the job.

I think this preferred pronoun thing is ridiculous and I can't tell from the article if his slip-up was intentional or not, but I don't have a whole lot of problem with him getting fired if he had been repeatedly warned.

In response to this post by DonHo-kieHi

Posted: 10/02/2019 at 1:07PM

Lounge attorneys and wannabes. Who wins about gender pronouns?? -- DonHo-kieHi 10/02/2019 12:12PM

Future generations will laugh at us for this and many other things ** -- MrBayAreaHokie 10/03/2019 12:45AM

I have 0 sympathy for the religious freedom argument. Here are the job -- 81_Hokie 10/02/2019 1:07PM

Fair enough. Then no other "freedom" argument can be used to force -- PhotoHokieNC 10/02/2019 4:41PM

As long as what you are being asked to do is legal, in accordance with -- 81_Hokie 10/02/2019 4:52PM

Problem is, there were no requirements to use pronouns. Names were fine. -- 48zip 10/02/2019 1:18PM

It should come down to school policies, union contract, etc and not some -- 81_Hokie 10/02/2019 1:28PM

My only issue with that is if the principal had little or no basis and this -- 48zip 10/02/2019 1:45PM

Maybe, but that is still an issue of other laws, not some -- 81_Hokie 10/02/2019 1:50PM

Its unclear at what point the teacher invoked the religion argument. -- DonHo-kieHi 10/02/2019 3:20PM

He sys his Freedom of Speech is violated because the policy violates the -- 48zip 10/02/2019 3:13PM

Is "Ya'll" a pronoun ?** -- bigbadbird 10/02/2019 1:04PM

It's the southern version of "you'se." ** -- saret 10/02/2019 1:34PM

Which is the northern version of y'all, actually. ** -- PhotoHokieNC 10/02/2019 4:43PM

Me Tarzan, you Jane ** -- CrystalCoveHokie 10/02/2019 1:03PM

3..2..1.. ** -- FfxStationHokie 10/02/2019 12:45PM

Oddly enough, this one never gets too nasty... ** -- JoesterVT 10/02/2019 12:49PM

Hold my beer........:) ** -- FfxStationHokie 10/02/2019 12:50PM

IT has to stop. ** -- Guy LeDouche 10/02/2019 12:41PM

This case, it's on the teacher & pretty cut/dry, IMO...firing was justified -- JoesterVT 10/02/2019 12:38PM

No. He purposely avoided using pronouns so that he wasn't faced with thr -- 133743Hokie 10/02/2019 2:55PM

Wow, I could easily see, especially in a situation where you need to say -- coshokie 10/02/2019 2:45PM

For sure...but this wasn't that... ** -- JoesterVT 10/02/2019 2:48PM

Actually, it was the final straw, based on his filing. the student was in -- 48zip 10/02/2019 4:06PM

Some will uplift the teacher as a martyr -- typed by ben 10/02/2019 12:27PM

The attorneys always win - same business model as a casino ** -- bigbadbird 10/02/2019 12:15PM

And a trading pit... just create volume and we win..... ** -- Vtskier1 10/02/2019 2:24PM

This was found to be a German issue ** -- darnellm 10/02/2019 12:14PM

I have 0 sympathy for the religious freedom argument. Here are the job

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