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Pronoun policy in schools violates First Amendment, court finds
The Sixth Circuit ruled 10-7 that the policy violated First Amendment rights as no evidence showed biological pronoun use disrupted school or constituted harassment.
- In November, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a lower court by a 10-7 vote, ruling Olentangy Local School District's pronoun ban violated affected transgender and nonbinary students' First Amendment rights.
- Defending Education appealed the district court's decision after it upheld Olentangy Local School District's pronoun policy amid a broader public debate on pronouns.
- The Sixth Circuit said the record lacked evidence of disruption, and Mathew Hoffman, legal counsel for Alliance Defending Freedom, explained school-district counsel said using gendered language against a student’s identity qualifies as discrimination, while schools can regulate harassment without enforcing pronoun compliance.
- Judge Jane Stanch wrote in dissent that the law delegates to teachers and administrators the work of defining and preventing bullying, distinguishing general expression from targeted confrontation.
- That ruling could influence nationwide school policies as the majority opinion said schools nationwide may still enforce anti-harassment policies against abuse of transgender students.
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