Posted on Apr 1, 2023
Grants Pass transgender video case: Judge dismisses lawsuit against district by 2 teachers
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v\A lawsuit against the Grants Pass School District from two women who created the controversial “I Resolve” video campaign was dismissed in court Wednesday. U.S. Magistrate Judge Mark D. Clarke ruled the district didn’t violate their rights when it chose to fire them.
“While the decision to terminate Plaintiffs’ employment was made according to District policies, those policies did not violate Plaintiffs’ constitutional rights,” the decision reads.
In 2021, Rachel Sager (then Damiano) and Katie Medart were employed by Grants Pass School District 7 when they created a video called “I Resolve Movement: Response to Gender Identity Policies.”
“While the decision to terminate Plaintiffs’ employment was made according to District policies, those policies did not violate Plaintiffs’ constitutional rights,” the decision reads.
In 2021, Rachel Sager (then Damiano) and Katie Medart were employed by Grants Pass School District 7 when they created a video called “I Resolve Movement: Response to Gender Identity Policies.”
Grants Pass transgender video case: Judge dismisses lawsuit against district by 2 teachers
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel good day Brother William, always informational and of the most interesting. Thanks for sharing, have a blessed day!
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..."They also brought a complaint of religious discrimination because they were “expressing their biblically-based views on gender and sexuality.”
However, Clarke wrote that they failed to connect the video to their protected status as Christians, saying, “expressing a pro-Black Lives Matter viewpoint is not inherently un-Christian, and expressing an anti-LGBTQ+ or anti-Trans viewpoint is not an inherently Christian viewpoint.”
Sager and Medart’s attorney, Ray Hacke of the Pacific Justice Institute in Salem, said they plan to appeal the decision by April 28.
“It’s obviously very disappointing. I think there’s a whole volume of case law that Judge Mark Clarke ignored, and the decision is screaming for appeal, and we do plan to appeal it,” he said.
He said the judge overlooked crucial Supreme Court cases about freedom of speech and religion.
An attorney for the school district and school board vice chair Debbie Brownell declined to comment."
..."They also brought a complaint of religious discrimination because they were “expressing their biblically-based views on gender and sexuality.”
However, Clarke wrote that they failed to connect the video to their protected status as Christians, saying, “expressing a pro-Black Lives Matter viewpoint is not inherently un-Christian, and expressing an anti-LGBTQ+ or anti-Trans viewpoint is not an inherently Christian viewpoint.”
Sager and Medart’s attorney, Ray Hacke of the Pacific Justice Institute in Salem, said they plan to appeal the decision by April 28.
“It’s obviously very disappointing. I think there’s a whole volume of case law that Judge Mark Clarke ignored, and the decision is screaming for appeal, and we do plan to appeal it,” he said.
He said the judge overlooked crucial Supreme Court cases about freedom of speech and religion.
An attorney for the school district and school board vice chair Debbie Brownell declined to comment."
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