{"id":268593,"date":"2025-11-12T13:05:16","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T18:05:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ifamnews.com\/?p=268593"},"modified":"2025-11-12T13:05:26","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T18:05:26","slug":"court-holds-students-cannot-be-forced-to-use-preferred-pronouns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ifamnews.com\/en\/court-holds-students-cannot-be-forced-to-use-preferred-pronouns","title":{"rendered":"Court holds students cannot be forced to use &#8220;preferred pronouns&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A federal appeals court has delivered a clear win for free speech, ruling that public schools cannot force students to use preferred pronouns for transgender or nonbinary classmates that contradict biological reality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a lower court&#8217;s decision in a case against Ohio&#8217;s Olentangy Local School District, which had mandated the use of chosen pronouns under a policy aimed at promoting &#8220;inclusion.&#8221; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Parents and students sued, arguing the rule violated their First Amendment rights by compelling them to affirm a contested ideology about gender fluidity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Judge Eric Murphy, writing for the majority, called the policy blatant viewpoint discrimination. 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