A California teacher lost her job after she refused to bend to the will of the larger public when she took a stand against the idea of providing schoolchildren with information about gender transitions that she disagrees with.
Fox News reports that the teacher feels that teaching children about gender transition procedures go against her religious beliefs, and she does not want to violate those beliefs.
This is the kind of stand that more and more teachers feel they have to take, given the recent move to force this information on school-aged children. This particular teacher said that she felt uncomfortable with the school's policy that she must keep the parents in the dark regarding their children's gender transition desires.
Jessica Tapia is the name of the teacher in question, and she said the following about why she is taking a stand now against this:
"I knew immediately, like in my gut, in my heart, in my soul, that there was a decision I had to make because, you know, these two things were totally butting heads."
She continued:
"I essentially had to pick one. Am I going to obey the district in the directive that are not lining up with my own beliefs, convictions and faith? Or am I going to stay true, choose my faith, choose to be obedient to the way the Lord has called me to live. And so it was crazy to be in the position where I realized that I couldn't be a Christian and a teacher."
Fox News obtained a notice under Superintendent Trenton Hansen's letterhead that said the school could not work things out to allow the teacher to retain her religious beliefs and not keep parents in the dark about the gender transitions that students may request even be undergoing. This is something that the teacher felt she could not do, and evidently, the school district decided to terminate her for it.
The letter states that the teacher will be terminated effective January 31, 2023, because of her inability to keep parents in the dark about what is happening with their children within the school system. It is something that has outraged other teachers and parents throughout the country. They can't believe that at a time like this, when there is a teacher shortage, the school would instead fire this teacher instead of making a reasonable change to its policies.
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