PORTSMOUTH, Ohio — A federal judge has thrown out a lawsuit filed by a Shawnee State University professor who alleged his constitutional rights were violated when he was disciplined for refusing to identify a transgender female student by her preferred sex.
Philosophy professor Nicholas Meriwether sued more than a dozen University officials, arguing his First Amendment rights and right to freely exercise his Christian faith were violated when he was required to identify the student as “Ms.” or by no gender identifier at all.
U.S. District Judge Susan Dlott said his classroom speech was not protected by the First Amendment and that the university did not target his religious practices.
From ABC 6 and the Youngstown Vindicator
