Stacie Marie Laughton, a 39-year-old who was born male but now identifies as a female, is charged with aiding and abetting the sexual exploitation of children, the U.S. attorney’s office in Boston said in a statement.
Posted on 07/22/2023 8:54:10 AM PDT by ebb tide
Suit was filed this week in a Vermont federal district court by a high school snowboarding coach who was dismissed because of a comment he made regarding a transgender woman on a team that would be competing against his female high school team. The school's notice of termination (Exhibit 8 in Complaint) alleges that the coach used "disparaging names" that created "an objectively offensive environment and constituted harassment based on gender identity...." In the Complaint (full text) in Bloch v. Bouchey, (DD VT, filed 7/17/2023), the coach however alleged in part:
3. Coach Bloch is also a practicing Roman Catholic who believes that God creates males and females with immutable sex. His understanding of science complements his religious beliefs. Coach Bloch believes, based on scientific evidence, that there are only two sexes, which are male and female, and that sex is determined by a person's chromosomes.
4. But Coach Bloch's respectful expression of his beliefs contradicted the prevailing orthodoxy of the Defendant Vermont state officials, school district, and superintendent. So, Defendant Superintendent Sherry Sousa terminated him and barred him from future employment in the school district.
5. On February 8, 2023, Coach Bloch and his team were waiting in the lodge for a competition to start. That day, his team was to compete against a team that had a male snowboarder who identifies as a female and competes against females. During downtime in the lodge, Coach Bloch overheard a conversation between two of his athletes about that male competing against females.
6. Coach Bloch joined the conversation to offer that people express themselves differently and that there can be masculine women and feminine men.
7. But he affirmed that as a matter of biology, males and females have different DNA, which causes males to develop differently from females and have different physical characteristics. Coach Bloch discussed that biological differences generally give males competitive advantages in athletic events.
8. The conversation was respectful among all parties and lasted no more than three minutes. It took place entirely outside the presence of the transgender-identifying snowboarder.
9. Coach Bloch's team and the team with the male who identifies as a female competed without incident. After the competition, the two teams and their coaches, including Coach Bloch, shared a bus home.
The complaint goes on to allege that the school was acting pursuant to Vermont's Harassment, Hazing and Bullying Law. It contends that the HHB Law and policies under it violated the coach's free speech rights, including the 1st Amendment's ban on viewpoint discrimination, prior restraints and overbreadth. It also alleges due process violations. ADF issued a press release announcing the filing of the lawsuit.
The coach was fired because he publicly demonstrated his that he is sane ... a form of white supremacy, no doubt. The coach committed a social faux pas by not publicly validating, then celebrating the seriously mentally ill snowboarder’s delusions.
Snowboarding coach?
Good Lord this is insanity.
Or else.
There are three mechanisms that could end the trans insanity. One is lawsuits. The second is if the public states its displeasure every time a trans athlete hits the field. (Booing, throwing stuff, cat calls, etc.) The third is violence. If all the girls gang up and beat the $#@! out of the fake woman, it will stop.
A gay coworker and his buddies went to a lesbian bar, back when trans was just cross-dressing. A cross dresser hit on a lesbian and got shown the door/parking lot in a near horizontal arc. The coworker said the cross dresser probably got some bruises. My guess is he didn’t do that again. That is, after all, the point.
He was fired for his beliefs, not his remarks. The left plans to eliminate religion by making people choose between their religion and their job.
This is a violation of a right guaranteed by the Constitution, and subject to penalties. Obviously none of that matters.
Gen.Blather wrote: “The third is violence. If all the girls gang up and beat the $#@! out of the fake woman, it will stop.”
I suspect that would disqualify any of these girls from college admissions and certainly scholorships.
Identifying as something is subjective, and should not be written as law.
The left wants mandatory lying and pretending. The emperor IS wearing new clothes and and you will agree under pain of imprisonment. We live in Never Never Land.
“I suspect that would disqualify any of these girls from college admissions and certainly scholorships.”
I’m sure you’re right. But the only time we read about trans athletes is when they are competing against the girls trying to get those scholarships. The appearance of guys in girl’s Lockeroom’s is much more widespread. It’s happening in junior high, high schools and even private gyms. The vast majority of girls affected by this are not seeking scholarships. They’re just getting ogled, legally, by perverts pretending to be women. This is a very dangerous situation for women.
Indeed.
“...regarding a transgender woman”
There is no such thing as one cannot change their sex. These perverts and the people who support them have been successful in changing the meaning and definition of words and phrases. The battle begins there.
That pesky 1st Amendment will get the left every time. He’s going to cash in by settling out of court.
In this country, sanity is not allowed...
Sanity == Domestic Terrorism
I watch a youtube channel about tech news called Linus Tech Tips and saw one of their employees who was called Anthony and who is way overweight and losing his hair. This guy was in many videos then dropped off and replaced. Turns out he is transitioning and now calls himself Emily.... a name a real woman working there has.
Still working there but they do not want him on camera.
I’ll do neither, mentally-ill leftist filthies!
Stacie Marie Laughton, a 39-year-old who was born male but now identifies as a female, is charged with aiding and abetting the sexual exploitation of children, the U.S. attorney’s office in Boston said in a statement.
Yes, snowboarding is an Olympic sport! Would you question having a skiing coach or a hockey coach?
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