- Professor says "Yes, sir" to student during a class.
- Student asks them to use different pronouns, professor refuses
- student files formal complaint with the school and school runs formal investigation
- "The university determined that Meriwether created a "hostile environment" for the unnamed student, eventually placing a written warning in his personnel file and threatening "further corrective actions," according to ADF.
- US Court of Appeals rules in favor of professor, "The court ruled that university officials violated the professor's free speech rights when they disciplined him."
- University says that they "adamantly deny that anyone at Shawnee State deprived Dr. Meriwether of his free speech rights or his rights to freely exercise his religion"
The university saying they did not deprive him of his free speech rights seems pretty false given the contents of the article.
The university saying they did not deprive him of his free speech rights seems pretty false given the contents of the article.