The same exact way that we all are Christians with our own crosses to bear.
That's quite the assumption there. Don't go throwing stones in glass houses.
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[Christians ONLY] Christian teacher's right to religious liberty and free speech violated.
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Faithofchristian
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What does the definition of transgender mean to you?
Somebody who feels that their body is misaligned with what their real sex is, regardless of why they think that is. Some transgender people will say that the sex of their brain is female, while their body is male, etc. The assertion is based on some research that's been done on sexually dimorphic characteristics of the brain. I think the research is still a new and developing thing, about a subject and an organ (transgenderism and the brain) which we have a really poor understanding of right now, and I'm not confident enough about my knowledge of it to say either way, plus the fact that there are plenty of trans people I've met who would reject the idea that their identity can be boiled down to simple anatomical characteristics. Then there's also the question of whether sex and gender are two different things--again, different people define those terms in different ways within the LGBT community. As it is, my definition of transgender doesn't have much relevance to this conversation, anyway. It's not something I have to deal with as a man with the standard setup.
Kangaroo Feathers
Yea, it is written in the Book of Cyril...
Your Biblical exegesis is completely wrong, but since you're not interested in civil discussion, believe whatever bias confirming rubbish you like, I shan't try to correct you.
Just a parting though, transexuality isn't necessarily about sexuality, there's plenty of transsexual people who have what you would call a traditional marriage. Intersex people blow your false duality out of the water, too.
Kangaroo Feathers
Yea, it is written in the Book of Cyril...
I doubt Jesus cares half as much as you.
"Vlaming said religious reasons prevented him from referring to the student as male."
Another reason for the strict separation of church and state. His religious beliefs are not allowed to trump public policy in a public setting. It is not the business of public schools to teach morality.
Another reason for the strict separation of church and state. His religious beliefs are not allowed to trump public policy in a public setting. It is not the business of public schools to teach morality.
That's the problem with trying to put of Jesus' lips answers to questions never asked of him.
Kangaroo Feathers
Yea, it is written in the Book of Cyril...
And yet you seemed quite happy doing that exact thing just a couple of posts back.
Which post?
VoidCat
Pronouns: he/him/they/them
Biologically intersex person who identifies as nonbinary here:^).I personally think that the teacher should have called the student by his name or by his pronouns.You have no clue how much self-hate a person can have towards themselves for being trans.You can make their day just by calling them by the right pronouns.At the very least don't call them by the wrong pronouns.But then again this is a complex issue so I'll say this: The guy went against the school's rules.He could have followed them.He did not.He also did not have to insist on calling the student by the wrong pronouns.He could have just used singular they or avoid pronouns all together and thus following the rules.