California Christian Teacher Allegedly Fired for Refusal to Comply with District Gender Policies: The District Cannot Accommodate Your Religious Beliefs

A California Christian physical education teacher was allegedly fired for refusing to lie to parents about their children’s gender identities at school and rejecting having males in female locker rooms – both policies that violate her faith beliefs, Fox News Digital reported Wednesday.

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Jessica Tapias shared with Fox News Digital the notice she received from the office of Jurupa Unified School District Superintendent Trenton Hansen.

Tapias said she was fired for refusing to comply with her district’s gender policies that state “students have privacy” from their parents.

“And so if a student shares information regarding a pronoun preference or thinking they may be the opposite gender of what they biologically are, if they share that information with a teacher, we are supposed to keep that info from parents in case the parent doesn’t know,” she reportedly stated.

“And there’s so many issues with that,” she added. “How do we know the parent doesn’t know? Number two, …we’re talking [about] 12, 13, 14, 15-year-olds. I don’t believe [kids] should have this ‘privacy’ to where their parents are being left in the dark about some very pertinent information about their well-being.”

Tapias also reportedly refused to comply with the district’s policy regarding the use of locker rooms and gender identity, and did not allow individuals with “male genitals” into the girls’ locker room.

“Based on your religious beliefs, you cannot be dishonest with parents… If asked about a student’s gender identity by a parent, you cannot refer the parent to a counselor, defer the inquiry and suggest they speak with a student…, or otherwise deflect the parent’s inquiry,” the letter, signed by Assistant Superintendent of Human Resources Daniel Brooks. reportedly said to Tapias…. (Excerpt from The Tennessee Star)