SPARTANBURG COUNTY, S.C. —

Lauren Vaughn, a former teacher's assistant in Spartanburg County, South Carolina, has filed a lawsuit against the school district, its board of trustees, and its superintendent, alleging she was wrongfully terminated over a Facebook post made in her personal time.

The lawsuit states that Vaughn's post was made on Sept. 10, the day of conservative activist Charlie Kirk's death, and included a quote from Kirk: "I think it's worth to have a cost of, unfortunately, some gun deaths every single year so that we can have the Second Amendment to protect our other God-given rights. That is a prudent deal. It is rational." Vaughn added "Thoughts and prayers" to Kirk's quote in the post.

Vaughn continued the conversation in the comments, stating, "I disagree with Kirk a

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