Ohio Professor Awarded $400,000 in Lawsuit Settlement Over University’s Pronoun Mandate
Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2022 12:19 am
A public university in Ohio has agreed to pay $400,000 to end a three-year legal battle in its failed attempt to force a philosophy professor to call students by their preferred pronouns. As part of the agreement (pdf) announced Thursday, Shawnee State University will pay $400,000 in damages and attorney’s fees to settle the federal lawsuit with Nicholas Meriwether, a professor at its humanities department. In addition, the university acknowledges Meriwether’s right to choose when to use, or avoid using, titles or pronouns when referring to or addressing students, and pledges to never force him to use anyone’s preferred pronouns, including when a student requests pronouns that don’t align with his or her biological sex. ...
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Source: https://www.theepochtimes.com/ohio-prof ... 04810.html