Tuesday, August 01, 2023

7th Circuit Vacates Prior Decision On Teacher's Refusal To Call Transgender Students By Registered Name

As previously reported, earlier this year in Kluge v. Brownsburg Community School Corp., the U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals in a 2-1 decision upheld a school's dismissal of a teacher who refused on religious grounds to comply with the school policy of calling transgender students by their names registered in the school's official database. Now, in an Order (full text) issued on July 28, the 7th Circuit has vacated its decision and remanded the case to the district court for reconsideration in light of the U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision in Groff v. DeJoy. ADF issued a press release announcing the court's new Order.