Tip of the hat to John Markovs (Deputy County Attorney for Montgomery County MD) for forwarding me this: Virginia SCT on August 30 upholds injunction against Loudon Schools for suspending a teacher with pay who spoke at a public meeting to give comments on the system's proposed transgender policies. The teacher described his faith and how its underpinnings did not allow him to abide by the school's proposed policies regarding transgender students. The system noted that the comments created a disruptive environment in the school (but the court found scant evidence of that). We will likely see continued battles in this area. Loudon County School Board v Cross VIRGINIA: (windows.net)<https://adfmedialegalfiles.blob.core.windows.net/files/CrossOrderVSC.pdf> (if this link doesn't work for you let me know and I'll try to forward you a pdf. Charles W. Thompson, Jr. Executive Director/General Counsel P: (202) 466-5424 x7110 M: (240) 876-6790 D: (202) 742-1016 [facebook icon]<https://www.facebook.com/InternationalMunicipalLawyersAssociation/>[twitter icon]<https://twitter.com/imlalegal>[linkedin icon]<https://www.linkedin.com/company/international-municipal-lawyers-association-inc./> [logo]<https://imla.org/> 51 Monroe St. Suite 404 Rockville, MD, 20850 www.imla.org<http://www.imla.org/> Plan Ahead! IMLA's 86th Annual Conference<https://imla.org/annual-conference/>, Sept. 29-Oct. 3, 2021 in Minneapolis, MN IN-PERSON or VIRTUAL! IMLA's 2022 Mid-Year Seminar<https://imla.org/seminars/>, April 8-11, 2022 in Washington, D.C.!