Posted on 10/30/2024 7:19:41 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
The bitter nationwide debate over transgender rights is playing out on a very personal level in a federal court lawsuit filed in Virginia by a former Liberty University employee. She was fired by the evangelical Christian school after disclosing her identity as a transgender woman.
The lawsuit on behalf of Ellenor Zinski was filed in July by the American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia. It alleges that she was fired last year from her job on Liberty’s Information Technology help desk solely because of her gender identify, in violation of the U.S. Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Earlier this month, the conservative legal organization Liberty Counsel filed a brief on behalf of the university asking the federal district court to dismiss the lawsuit. The brief contends that the Civil Rights Act explicitly permits religious educational institutions to make employment decisions consistent with their religious doctrine — in this case a doctrinal statement asserting that “denial of birth sex by self-identification with a different gender” is sinful.
The brief filed by Liberty Counsel alleges that Zinski attempted to “set up” the university, applying for the IT job four months after beginning to take female hormones yet agreeing — when offered the job in February 2023 — to adhere to the school’s statement rejecting transgender transition.
Only after a 90-day probation ended did Zinski notify the university of the gender transition process and then request that the school “depart from its doctrine and mission,” Liberty Counsel said in an effort to get the lawsuit dismissed.
“All of this was done to set Liberty up and attempt to make an example out of the university for standing its ground,” contended Mat Staver, Liberty Counsel’s founder and chairman.
Wyatt Rolla, the ACLU of Virginia’s senior transgender rights attorney, rejected the claim of a set-up.
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I don’t know why it’s so hard to pick out a tranny “female”. They all look like men and have hairy legs.
HE is not a “transgender woman,” but a transvestite man. Do not accept the vocabulary.
Why did they hire him in the first place? Or did he come out after he was hired, which would make his application fraudulent? (No I didn’t read the article)
The school hired a man. They didn’t hire “Emily”.
This can be described as Bait and Switch, or false representation.
He’s just a man pretending to be female.
Exactly.
The brief filed by Liberty Counsel alleges that Zinski attempted to “set up” the university, applying for the IT job four months after beginning to take female hormones yet agreeing — when offered the job in February 2023 — to adhere to the school’s statement rejecting transgender transition.
Only after a 90-day probation ended did Zinski notify the university of the gender transition process and then request that the school “depart from its doctrine and mission,” Liberty Counsel said in an effort to get the lawsuit dismissed.
Trans-gender = Pre-tender.
He
He’s just a sweet transvestite, from transylvaniaaaaah ha ha.
Another fauxgender woman. AKA a man.
was he fired for lying on his resume?
He's just a mentally insane person in thinking he is the opposite sex than he actually is.
To hell with all these Godless freaks...America is SO over their weirdo behavior.
he's just a sweet transvestite from transsexual, transylvaniaaaaah hahaha!
HE was fired for being a mentally ill man who thinks he is a woman
The next Bake the cake Lawfare.
The Gay Mafia wants to bankrupt Liberty U.
These freaks are supported by the government. So elected, some appointed. Ether way, the united states have become France in 1780.
The article IS talking about a GUY, right? They intentionally make it difficult to figure out if it’s actually a mentally ill male or female that they are talking about.
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