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University Pays Professor $400,000 After Punishing Him For Not Using Transgender Student’s Preferred Pronouns

by RaquelHarris
April 18, 2022
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A university has been ordered to pay one of its professors $400,000 after he was punished for not using a student’s preferred pronouns.

Back in June 2018, a transgender student issued a complaint to Shawnee State University in Portsmouth, Ohio, after a school professor named Nick Meriwether allegedly refused to call the student by their preferred pronouns.

The issue started on January 18 when Meriwether was teaching his political philosophy class, Fox News reports. The student answered one of Meriwether’s questions and in response, Meriwether replied, “Yes, sir.” When the class ended, the student approached Meriwether and told him they were transgender and to refer to them with “feminine titles and pronouns.”

Meriwether then explained that if he agreed to the student’s requests, it would go against his principles and beliefs as a Christian. According to court documents, the student became angry and told the professor he’d be fired. After the student filed the complaint, the school launched an investigation into the incident, which ended with the school saying Meriwether “effectively created a hostile environment.”

After that, Meriwether told the student that he’d call them by any name they’d like, but the student didn’t accept that. Later on, the school placed a written warning on Meriwether’s file that “further corrective actions” if another similar event happens. Meriwether responded with a lawsuit, claiming the school violated his “right to free exercise of religion under the First Amendment.”

Meriwether was eventually awarded $400,000 in damages and attorney fees. The school will also rescind the written warning it gave the professor. Following the announcement of the settlement, the school issued a statement.

“Public universities should welcome intellectual and ideological diversity, where all students and professors can engage in meaningful discussions without compromising their core beliefs,” said ADF Senior Counsel Tyson Langhofer, director of the ADF Center for Academic Freedom, per Yahoo! News. “Dr. Meriwether rightly defended his freedom to speak and stay silent, and not conform to the university’s demand for uniformity of thought. We commend the university for ultimately agreeing to do the right thing, in keeping with its reason for existence as a marketplace of ideas.”

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  1. CC BA Philosophy says:
    3 years ago

    I guess he and the Christian right wing hadn’t considered that, if he has the right to weaponize pronouns, so do the people he is targeting and those who support them. If he is called “she” and “her” despite his religious virtue signaling, perhaps he’ll get a taste of what it’s like for transgender and non-binary people.

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