7th Circuit Revives Christian Teacher’s Religious Accommodation Claim

7th Circuit revives Christian teacher’s religious accommodation claim

The teacher, who asked to call all students by their last names rather than use transgender students’ chosen names, prevailed due to the recent heightened standard for religious claims.

Seventh Circuit Allows Teacher to Pursue Title VII Claim Against School for Requiring Him to Use Chosen First Names of Transgender Students

In 2021, in Meriwether v. Hartop, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit held that a university professor could pursue First Amendment free expression and free exercise challenges to Shawnee State University's policy that required professors to use students' desired pronouns. Eugene blogged on the case, and I participated in an Academic Freedom Alliance webinar discussing it. This past week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Cir…