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Title: Bush judge rules that Christian teachers can out trans kids if they want...
Post by: Jessica_Rose on December 24, 2025, 02:49:58 PM
Post by: Jessica_Rose on December 24, 2025, 02:49:58 PM
Bush judge rules that Christian teachers can out trans kids if they want to
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/12/bush-judge-rules-that-christian-teachers-can-out-trans-kids-if-they-want-to/
Alex Bollinger (24 Dec 2025)
A federal judge in California ruled that teachers could out trans students if they want to. His ruling involved a case filed by two Christian teachers who claimed that their district's anti-outing policy violated their religious beliefs.
Judge Roger Benitez, appointed by former President George W. Bush, granted summary judgment earlier this week in favor of two teachers at Rincon Middle School in Escondido who sued over Escondido Union School District's policies that require them to respect the names and pronouns of trans students and to privately keep information student disclosure of gender identity, unless they give consent or their physical or mental well-being is in danger.
"The policy also forces [plaintiff] Elizabeth [Mirabelli] and others like her to violate faith," said the teachers' attorney, Paul Jonna, when filing the suit. "She has constitutional rights that are being violated by this policy, which is forcing teachers to lie and participate in deception."
"This case is about the right to speak freely, the right to exercise my own religious beliefs," Mirabelli told WRAL News in 2023, when the lawsuit was filed.
"When it comes to a student's change in gender identity, California state policymakers apparently do not trust parents to do the right thing for their child," he wrote, despite the evidence that young people can face danger if outed to their parents prematurely. Trans and nonbinary youth are much more likely to experience homelessness compared to cisgender youth.
Benitez also said that the district's policy violates parents' Fourteenth Amendment rights "to care, guide, and make health care decisions for their children" and the rights to religious exercise held by both teachers and parents.
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/12/bush-judge-rules-that-christian-teachers-can-out-trans-kids-if-they-want-to/
Alex Bollinger (24 Dec 2025)
A federal judge in California ruled that teachers could out trans students if they want to. His ruling involved a case filed by two Christian teachers who claimed that their district's anti-outing policy violated their religious beliefs.
Judge Roger Benitez, appointed by former President George W. Bush, granted summary judgment earlier this week in favor of two teachers at Rincon Middle School in Escondido who sued over Escondido Union School District's policies that require them to respect the names and pronouns of trans students and to privately keep information student disclosure of gender identity, unless they give consent or their physical or mental well-being is in danger.
"The policy also forces [plaintiff] Elizabeth [Mirabelli] and others like her to violate faith," said the teachers' attorney, Paul Jonna, when filing the suit. "She has constitutional rights that are being violated by this policy, which is forcing teachers to lie and participate in deception."
"This case is about the right to speak freely, the right to exercise my own religious beliefs," Mirabelli told WRAL News in 2023, when the lawsuit was filed.
"When it comes to a student's change in gender identity, California state policymakers apparently do not trust parents to do the right thing for their child," he wrote, despite the evidence that young people can face danger if outed to their parents prematurely. Trans and nonbinary youth are much more likely to experience homelessness compared to cisgender youth.
Benitez also said that the district's policy violates parents' Fourteenth Amendment rights "to care, guide, and make health care decisions for their children" and the rights to religious exercise held by both teachers and parents.
Title: Re: Bush judge rules that Christian teachers can out trans kids if they want...
Post by: Lori Dee on December 24, 2025, 07:55:09 PM
Post by: Lori Dee on December 24, 2025, 07:55:09 PM
Those teachers who feel their truth should override privacy and respect have no grounds for complaint if they are doxxed and misgendered routinely and often.
Malicious compliance.
Malicious compliance.
Title: Re: Bush judge rules that Christian teachers can out trans kids if they want...
Post by: Susan on December 24, 2025, 10:41:13 PM
Post by: Susan on December 24, 2025, 10:41:13 PM
We used to have a saying in this country. Your rights end at the tip of your nose. We need it back again.