In a divided opinion Thursday, the Virginia Supreme Court docket reinstated a former highschool trainer’s free-speech lawsuit in opposition to West Level College Board claiming he was wrongfully fired after he refused to deal with a transgender boy with he/him pronouns due to his spiritual beliefs.
In contemplating Peter Vlaming’s claims that the varsity district violated his rights beneath the Virginia Structure and Virginia legislation, the state excessive courtroom concluded that King William County Circuit Court docket erred find that the trainer didn’t state legally viable claims that his rights to freedom of speech and faith, in addition to his contract with the varsity was violated, in accordance with the majority opinion written by Decide D. Arthur Kelsey.
