"Judge Robert B King, who was in favour of the ruling, wrote that the teacher did not convince the court that the gender-affirming policy was hostile towards her religious views and that her right to free speech was not violated because it was part of her job to follow the school board's policies as a public school teacher. He wrote: "How a teacher addresses a particular student in a particular classroom - and whether a teacher communicates with a student's parent - is merely a part of that teacher's job description.""
"A federal appeals court in Maryland has ruled that a Maryland school district's policy requiring teachers to use the gender-affirming names and pronouns of trans students does not violate a Christian teacher's First Amendment Rights. Kimberly Polk, a substitute teacher for Montgomery County Public Schools, argued that the district's policy violated her religious rights and free speech under the Constitution in court."
A federal appeals court upheld a Montgomery County Public Schools policy requiring teachers to use gender-affirming names and pronouns for transgender students. Kimberly Polk, a Christian substitute teacher, challenged the policy as violating her religious liberty and free speech and sought to sue the district in 2024. On 28 January a three-member panel of the Fourth US Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 2-1 against Polk and denied an injunction. The court found Polk failed to show the policy was hostile to her religious views and concluded that following school board policies is part of a public school teacher's job.
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