S.C. attorney general files brief in preferred pronoun legal case
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson filed a friend-of-the-court brief in a case involving the use of preferred pronouns among students.
Georgia’s attorney general also signed the brief in a lawsuit involving a school district near Columbus, Ohio.
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“The board ed a policy to punish students who ‘fail to address a student by [his or her] preferred pronouns, among other things,’” according to a news release from Wilson’s office.
The brief stated the board attempted to “eradicate any opposing view” by forcing the use of preferred pronounced and setting policies that punish students who fail to do so.
“The First Amendment does not allow school officials to coerce students into expressing messages inconsistent with the students’ values,” the brief argued.
A three-judge of the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals initially sided with the school board and left the policies in place.
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The brief filed by Wilson requested the full court to grant a petition for rehearing the case.
Wilson is ed by Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost, who co-led the brief, along with the attorneys general of Alabama, Alaska, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia and West Virginia.
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