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The fate of a northern Virginia elementary teacher s job remains unclear after Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS) said it would appeal a judge s order to reinstate the educator.
Bryon Tanner Cross, who teaches physical education, was put on administrative leave after telling the school board he won t address children by preferred pronouns because it s against his religion.
As CBN s Faithwire previously reported, Cross was also suspended for saying during an LCPS board meeting that he wouldn t lie by affirming to students that a biological boy can be a girl and vice versa. I love all of my students, but I will never lie to them, regardless of the consequences, he said in late May. I m a teacher, but 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.
A Northern Virginia religious leader is accused of “libelous and inflammatory” comments by Loudoun County Democrats after weighing in on a controversy involving a teacher’s views on transgender rights.
Pastor Gary Hamrick of Cornerstone Chapel, a nondenominational church in Leesburg, said during Sunday’s service that he supported recall efforts against six Loudoun County School Board members because they were “abusing our children by perpetuating the lie about gender confusion.”
“They need to be held accountable,” Hamrick said.
“Unfounded statements such as these not only hurt our community that he is meant to serve, but have dangerous ramifications for the incitement of violence,” the party said.
Democrats in northern Virginia are coming after a pastor, accusing him of making "libelous and inflammatory" comments after he weighed in on one teacher's right to hold her own religious views on gender identity.