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Virginia school board to pay $575,000 to teacher fired for refusing to use trans student's pronouns

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Peter Vlaming was a French teacher at West Point High School in Virginia .

He refused to use a transgender student's pronouns because he considered it a "lie" The student had transitioned and used male pronouns, citing his devout Christian faith.

A judge dismissed the lawsuit before any evidence was reviewed, but the state Supreme Court reinstated it.

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