Teacher forced to resign for refusing to use ‘preferred pronouns’ gets $650,000 settlement

Dave Huber

The nine-year-old case of an Indiana music teacher who refused to refer to students by their “preferred” pronouns and/or names has finally come to a conclusion.

In a settlement, the Alliance Defending Freedom reportsthe Brownsburg Community School Corporation agreed to pay John Kluge $650,000 after it (according to Kluge) forced him to resign his position.

The school district initially had compromised with Kluge on the matter, allowing him for about a year to call students by their last names.

But after “complaints of a few students and teachers,” the district changed its mind and Kluge said he was then threatened with being fired. He ended up turning in a letter of resignation, but withdrew it on the last day of the school year.


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