Christian Teacher’s Student Pronoun Suit Faces Wary 7th Cir. (1)

The Seventh Circuit on Wednesday seemed torn on how to resolve a Christian teacher’s claim that he was subjected to bias when his accommodation from using transgender students’ preferred names and pronouns was rescinded.

At issue before Judges Ilana D. Rovner, Michael B. Brennan, and Amy J. St. Eve is whether permitting John Kluge to address all students by their last names only imposed an “undue hardship” on Brownsburg Community School Corp. under the clarified test the US Supreme Court recently set in Groff v. DeJoy.

The US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit queried counsel ...