Judge Rules School Board Action Unconstitutional Wednesday, June 9, 2021 @ 12:43 PM Last week, we asked you to support Loudoun County Public School teacher Byron "Tanner" Cross after the school board placed him on leave for saying he would refuse to recognize and sanction transgenderism by using pronouns that don't fit the biological make-up of students. In a few short days, AFA's petition supporting Cross has reached over 51,000 signatures. The Leesburg Elementary teacher addressed the regular LCPS monthly school board meeting about the district's pro-transgender policy. He told the board, "I serve God first and I will not affirm that a biological boy can be a girl and vice versa because it's against my religion. It’s lying to a child, it's abuse to a child, and it's sinning against our God."