A Christian substitute teacher who lost job opportunities after refusing to use transgender students’ pronouns faced sharp questions over when someone’s religious beliefs excuse treating other people differently during Thursday’s argument at the Fourth Circuit.
The teacher says Montgomery County Public Schools’ policy requiring employees to use the pronouns that match a student’s gender identity goes against her religious belief that there are only two genders and they’re set in stone at birth. She alleges Maryland’s largest school district violated her First Amendment rights to free speech and free exercise of religion when it shot ...