A Loudoun Circuit Court judge today granted a temporary restraining order to a Leesburg physical education teacher who was placed on leave last week, two days after speaking at a School Board meeting to object to a proposed policy on the division’s protocols for transgender students.
Following a three-hour hearing Friday, Judge James Plowman concluded that school division administrators violated Tanner Cross’ constitutional rights to free speech and religious freedom when imposing the suspension from his job and barring him from school properties.
“The Court finds that the Plaintiff’s speech and religious content are central to the determinationmade by the Defendants to suspend Plaintiff’s employment.The Court further finds that the weight of theevidence and the totality of the circumstances, clearly show that the four prongs for issuance of temporaryinjunctionhave beensatisfied,” Plowman wrote.
Read the full opinion here.
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