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A University Fired 2 Employees for Including Their Pronouns in Emails
The New York Times ^ | May 19, 2023 | Liam Stack

Posted on 05/19/2023 7:24:46 AM PDT by Salman

When Raegan Zelaya and Shua Wilmot decided to include their pronouns at the end of their work emails, they thought they were doing a good thing: following what they viewed as an emerging professional standard, and also sending a message of inclusivity at the Christian university where they worked.

But their bosses at Houghton University, in upstate New York, saw the matter very differently.

Administrators at Houghton, which is affiliated with a conservative branch of the Methodist Church, asked Ms. Zelaya and Mr. Wilmot, two residence hall directors, to remove the words “she/her” and “he/him” from their email signatures, saying they violated a new policy. When they refused to do so, both employees were fired, just weeks before the end of the semester.

Houghton’s firing of the two staff members has dismayed some of its alumni, nearly 600 of whom signed a petition in protest. And it comes as gender and sexuality have become major fault lines in an increasingly divided nation, and after other faith-based organizations, including Yeshiva University in Manhattan, have argued that First Amendment protections of religious freedom allow them to treat gay and transgender people differently than others.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial; News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: caneadea; homosexualagenda; houghton; pronouns; wesleyans; woke
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I speculate, meanwhile somewhere else someone is getting fired for *not* putting pronouns in emails.
1 posted on 05/19/2023 7:24:46 AM PDT by Salman
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To: Salman

Works for me. Let everyone self-affiliate.


2 posted on 05/19/2023 7:26:53 AM PDT by Dr. Sivana ("If you can’t say something nice . . . say the Rosary." [Red Badger])
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I speculate, meanwhile somewhere else someone is getting fired for *not* putting pronouns in emails.

No speculation required.

https://nypost.com/2023/05/18/state-department-official-grilled-over-mandatory-use-of-pronouns-in-emails/

3 posted on 05/19/2023 7:27:08 AM PDT by Yo-Yo (Is the /Sarc tag really necessary? Pray for President Biden: Psalm 109:8)
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To: Salman

It’s about time some adults somewhere are starting to put this childish, middle school BS to bed. I’ve seen kiddies come up with a lot of goofy stuff but this pronoun nonsense takes the cake.


4 posted on 05/19/2023 7:28:01 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Since O'Bama was ruling the roost, America has gone from melting pot to septic tank of the world.)
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To: Salman

“she/her” and “he/him”.

Going/gone.


5 posted on 05/19/2023 7:29:50 AM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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Good. To me, they’re just trying to instigate “Wokeness”. There’s no need for it anywhere in business or in schools.


6 posted on 05/19/2023 7:30:34 AM PDT by ProudDeplorable (Concentrated power has always been the enemy of liberty. ~ Ronald Reagan)
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To: Salman

Anyone posting their “pronouns” simply exposes the fact that they have problems. No less, probably much more.
Avoid them like the plague.

Sickos do what sickos do.


7 posted on 05/19/2023 7:31:52 AM PDT by Da Coyote
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To: Salman

Kim Pegula, co-owner of the Buffalo Bills NFL team, attended this college


8 posted on 05/19/2023 7:32:12 AM PDT by PGR88
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This has been a trend at the company I work for. When I see the he/him at the end of a email signature, my first thought is;
"he/him? Funny. I thought this guy was a fairly conservative, straight shooter type."

Oh well. Seem you just can't tell who the weak-minded fools are gonna be."

9 posted on 05/19/2023 7:32:46 AM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (I had a broken vacuum cleaner. I put a Justin Beeber sticker on it. Now it sucks again.)
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To: Salman

People this stupid have no business working at a university (although, admittedly, there are plenty of stupid people employed by institutions of higher learning—even at the highest levels.)


10 posted on 05/19/2023 7:33:27 AM PDT by systemjim (Lifetime Lover of Music)
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They weren’t fired for putting their pronouns in emails, they were fired for refusing to follow their bosses’ legitimate policies. There’s a difference.


11 posted on 05/19/2023 7:34:29 AM PDT by HartleyMBaldwin
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To: Salman

My pronouns are the N group. You know, Normal.


12 posted on 05/19/2023 7:38:58 AM PDT by Islander7 (There is no septic system so vile, so filthy, the left won't drink from to further their agenda.)
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To: Bonemaker

Wonder if their final check will be “pay to the order of he/she him/her


13 posted on 05/19/2023 7:41:48 AM PDT by shadeaud (We have to discover the real truth and ho did all the funding. This is American ....Defend )
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To: Dr. Sivana

Just put he/her or she/him and let the chips fall where they may.

😆


14 posted on 05/19/2023 7:43:56 AM PDT by Disambiguator
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To: FlingWingFlyer

There is an entire generation that has been indoctrinated with this BS and they are moving into control and the general workplace. That is why it seems to be taking hold everywhere. The worst of these deluded people went into all media
and ad agencies where they have a disproportionate impact. I see it getting worse not better


15 posted on 05/19/2023 7:46:26 AM PDT by iamgalt
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To: Da Coyote

I like Ted Cruz’s “pronouns.”

Kiss. My. Ass.


16 posted on 05/19/2023 7:49:46 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is ████ █ ██████ ███████ ███ ██████ ██ ████████. FJB.)
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To: Salman

A step in the right direction.


17 posted on 05/19/2023 7:54:49 AM PDT by Ge0ffrey
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To: ProudDeplorable
There’s no need for it anywhere in business or in schools

Ever make a business call to a company and during the conversation with that company's representative use the term "you people" referring to said company?

Oh, the horror! 😱

18 posted on 05/19/2023 7:58:28 AM PDT by Roccus (Veritas, non verba magistri)
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To: Salman

I would rather people continue to include their pronouns, preferably in a conspicuous part of the email. Then I can scan and figure out who the idiots are.


19 posted on 05/19/2023 7:59:36 AM PDT by Savage Rider
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To: Salman

The DoD requires people to put their pronouns into their signature blocks in all their emails. I have been having a running war with them for not accepting my pronouns as ***/*** even though they rejected Uran/ahole even though my troops except for the faggots and lesbos love both.


20 posted on 05/19/2023 8:17:39 AM PDT by MIchaelTArchangel ( )
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