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A federal appeals court this week sided with a teacher who lost his job after declining to refer to trans-identified students by their preferred names and pronouns, paving the way for his case to go before a jury.

In a 2-1 opinion Tuesday, a three-judge panel on the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a decision from the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana that sided with the Brownsburg Community School District in its efforts to dismiss a lawsuit filed by former high school music teacher John Kluge.

Tuesday's decision means that Kluge, who filed his lawsuit seeking damages in 2021, can present his case to a jury.

"Title VII requires the government to accommodate its employees' freedom to live and work according to their religious beliefs," sai

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