![]() Brownsburg Community School Corporation, filed in the U.S. ![]() The voices against tolerance and religious accommodation had won, even though no one in our society-in school or out-has a right to demand confirmation ‘of their beliefs or even their way of life.’” Kluge to leave the school and-when he refused to do so willingly-revoked the accommodation, brooked no exceptions to its transgender-affirmation rules, and forced Mr. “But after a handful of teachers and students grumbled about his religious accommodation, the district pressured Mr. Kluge asked for a modest accommodation of calling all students by their last names only, which would allow him to stay neutral on transgender issues and focus on teaching music,” the 7th Circuit brief explains. We are asking the court to reverse this unlawful decision and rule on the side of religious freedom.” The school district’s decision violates Title VII which makes it unlawful to discriminate against someone on the basis of religion. Yet the school district decided his religious views couldn’t be tolerated, revoked the accommodation based on the grumblings of a few, and forced Mr. Kluge worked out a reasonable compromise with the district and received a religious accommodation, protected under federal law, to continue teaching. Kluge affirmed students’ declared gender identities-even though this directly violated his deeply-held religious beliefs,” said ADF Senior Counsel and Vice President of Appellate Advocacy John Bursch. But the school district showed it didn’t care about those qualities it was interested only in ensuring that Mr. Kluge had an excellent reputation as a fun and caring teacher, and under his skillful direction, the Brownsburg orchestra performed better than ever before. But in response to the grumblings of a few students and faculty, the school district revoked the religious accommodation and forced Kluge to resign, ending his teaching career. The school district granted Kluge’s request based on his religious beliefs, and Kluge successfully continued teaching under the religious accommodation for an entire school year. When the school district mandated that teachers call students by their preferred gender pronouns and names, Kluge requested a religious accommodation under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act to call all his students by their last names only-like a coach-instead of referring to female students with male names and pronouns and vice versa. The school district forced music theory and orchestra teacher John Kluge to resign after revoking his religious accommodation over students’ pronoun usage.Īlliance Defending Freedom attorneys represent Kluge, who taught at Brownsburg High School for four years. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit, asking for reversal of a lower-court decision that ended his lawsuit against the Brownsburg Community School Corporation. We litigate precedent-setting cases to protect parents and help to shape and defend public policy that enshrines parents’ rights as fundamental.INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – An Indiana high school music teacher filed his opening brief Friday with the U.S. But the government should never replace parents.Īlliance Defending Freedom is working to achieve a Generational Win for parental rights. ![]() When that happens, the government plays an important role. Sometimes, tragically, parents fail at providing their children’s most basic needs. Parents have a fundamental human right to direct the upbringing of their childrenĪlthough the law recognizes the rights of parents, parental rights are under increasing attack from public school indoctrination and state governments. They become our nation’s leaders, after all. Everyone should also be able to agree that, in nearly every case, parents are best positioned to protect their children’s health and welfare. The men and women we become often reflect the men and women our parents are.Įveryone should care about how children are raised. ![]() Of all the people who share in shaping a child’s moral character and the adults they become-from teachers and coaches to spiritual mentors, extended family, and others-parents have far and away the deepest and most enduring influence. They prepare us to enter society and live as upstanding citizens. Parents take care of us before we can take care of ourselves. They bring us into the world. ![]()
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