https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/02/us/vi...pronouns-trnd/
Peter Vlaming as fired for not referring to a female-to-male transgender student as "him".
He's suing, claiming this violates his religious freedom. Vlaming is a Christian, and believes it violates his religious beliefs to tell a lie, and feels using the term "him" to describe a biological female is lying.
Both sides agree that he did start calling the student by their preferred new male name, but avoided using any pronouns at all. However, he slipped at one point and said "her", thus leading to his firing.
Is this ridiculous, or what?
While one does not have free speech at work, they also shouldn't be forced to say things they don't believe, especially in matters like these. This is even dumber because it appears the teacher tried hard to cooperate as much as he felt he could, including using the student's new male name. This wasn't even a guy who was trying to be defiant and kept calling the student by their female name.