No More Pronouns, No More Mooks, No More Teacher’s Dirty Looks
In its simplest terms, the First Amendment is the right to freedom of speech, press, religion, assembly, and to petition the government. It prevents the government from making laws that limit these rights, which means you have the freedom to believe and practice any religion, express your opinions, gather with others peacefully, and ask the government for changes.
The radical leftists want people to believe that these rights apply only to those whom they choose. They hide behind the word inclusion as though it’s an impenetrable shield that protects their bigoted delusions.
It’s sad, but unfortunately true, that Democrats and their ilk have targeted schools to start indoctrinating young, impressionable minds as early as possible. Hardly a day goes by that we don’t hear about a legal fight somewhere in the country between a school board, either trying to allow boys in the girls’ bathrooms, locker rooms, showers, or to play on their sports teams, and concerned parents.
Another frequently heard legal fight involves a school board trying not to inform parents about a child’s transition after they pushed and indoctrinated that child to do so, or to force students to alter their speech so as not to offend the delusional.
However, in Ohio, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ruled in a 10-7 en banc decision that the Olentangy School District (OLSD) cannot:
“wield their authority to compel speech or demand silence from citizens who disagree with the regulators’ politically controversial preferred new form of grammar.”
In other words, the school district cannot force students to use “preferred pronouns” when referring to others who claim to be “transgender” because it violates the First Amendment, according to the Thursday ruling from the court.
“American history and tradition uphold the majority’s decision to strike down the school’s pronoun policy. Over hundreds of years, grammar has developed in America without governmental interference. Consistent with our historical tradition and our cherished First Amendment, the pronoun debate must be won through individual persuasion, not government coercion. Our system forbids public schools from becoming ‘enclaves of totalitarianism.’”
The lawsuit was initially filed by Defending Education (DE) in 2023, claiming that the school district’s anti-harassment policy forced “students to affirm beliefs about sex and gender that contradict their own deeply held convictions.”
Nicole Neily, the DE founder and president, released a statement saying:
“The court’s decision – and its many concurrences – articulate the importance of free speech, the limits and perils of public schools claiming to act in loco parentis [in place of a parent], and the critical role of persuasion – rather than coercion – in America’s public square.”
DE stated that students who did not wish to be compelled to use the “preferred pronouns” requested by their peers who identify as transgender risk facing punishment from the school, which could include suspension or expulsion. This is because the school district classifies students who identify as transgender as a protected class.
A protected class? For denying reality, science, and biology? This is the sickness that the left instills. The students who are normal are punished to accommodate the deranged.
Students faced the choice of risking punishment by resisting the mandate, contradicting their religious beliefs and scientific understanding to use “preferred pronouns,” or having their speech stifled by fear of repercussions.
The mandate applied not only in school but also beyond it. The court stated:
“The School District’s ban on biological pronouns extends far beyond the classroom; in fact, its anti-harassment policies also cover personal speech on social media outside of school grounds.”
Anti-harassment? It’s those adhering to logic who are being harassed.
“The School District responds that it would permit ‘accommodations’ that would allow students to ‘avoid using pronouns’ at all if they refuse to use preferred pronouns.”
Still, the court stated that this means all students would still have to change their activities and seek accommodations to adhere to the school-imposed gender ideology.
The court statement added:
“The School District has not just entered this policy debate. It has taken a side. The School District has ‘targeted’ a speaker’s use of biological pronouns as improper while allowing students to use preferred pronouns (no matter how novel). The District’s ban on the use of biological pronouns regulates speech on a public concern in a way that discriminates based on viewpoint. So, the District bears a heavy evidentiary burden to justify its ban. But it presented no evidence at all that the use of biological pronouns would disrupt school functions or violate anyone’s rights.”
Overall, the 112-page decision clearly illustrates how far this school district, along with others with similar policies, will go in furthering gender ideology. “The School District is wrong to treat the use of biological pronouns alone as analogous to this abusive invective.”
“In ordinary conversations (especially conversations between young students), it would be all but ‘impossible’ to train oneself not to use pronouns when referring to others. Students do not use this speech to belittle others; they use it because there is no practical alternative short of expressing a viewpoint with which they might fundamentally disagree.”
DE Vice President and legal fellow Sarah Parshall Perry stated:
“Despite its ham-fisted attempt to moot the case, Olentangy School District was sternly reminded by the 6th circuit en banc court that it cannot force students to express a viewpoint on gender identity with which they disagree, nor extend its reach beyond the schoolhouse threshold into matters better suited to an exercise of parental authority.”
“A resounding victory for student speech and parental rights was long overdue for families in the school district, and we are thrilled the court’s ruling will benefit others seeking to vindicate their rights in the classroom and beyond.”
Although the decision represents justice for those with enough common sense to accept reality, it’s absurd that a court has to rule on something as basic as a person’s gender. A person can become anything they want within the guardrails of their biological sex.
This isn’t hard. This is just the far left continuing to try and create chaos where there is none and destroying young lives as they do.
