A teenage boy was told by his
principal that he had to “tolerate” undressing in front of a female student and
to make it as “natural” as possible, according to a lawsuit filed in a
Pennsylvania federal district court.
The lawsuit, filed Tuesday by Alliance
Defending Freedom (ADF) and Independence Law Center (ILC), alleges the Boyertown
Area School District shamed the teenage boy and violated his personal privacy. They are also alleging sexual harassment. “No school should rob any student of this
legally protected personal privacy,” ILC attorney Randall Wenger said. “We trust that our children won’t be forced
into emotionally vulnerable situations like this when they are in the care of
our schools because it’s a school’s duty to protect and respect the bodily
privacy and dignity of all students.”
In this case of ‘Joel Doe’ – they
clearly ignored that duty.
Background: In the fall of 2016, the
teen boy [Joel Doe] was standing in his underwear inside a boy’s locker room at
Boyertown Area High School preparing to change for a physical education class. “He suddenly realized there was a member of
the opposite sex changing with him in the locker room, who was at the time,
wearing nothing but shorts and a bra,” the lawsuit states. The boy, along with several of his classmates
reported the incident to Assistant Principal, named as a defendant. “Dr. Foley indicated that the legality was up
in the air but that students who mentally identify themselves with the opposite
sex could choose the locker room and bathroom to use, and physical sex did not
matter,” the lawsuit states. The teenage
boy asked the assistant principal if there was anything that could be done to
protect him from the situation. “Dr.
Foley told Joel Doe to ‘tolerate’ it and to make it as ‘natural’ as he possibly
can,” the lawsuit states. As the boy got
up to leave the office, the assistant principal allegedly told the youngster to
again “be as natural as possible.”
Even more disturbing, parents were not
told of the school district’s decision to let students of one sex use the
locker rooms and bathrooms of students of the opposite sex.
“The District’s directive to Joel Doe
was that he must change with students of the opposite sex, and make it as
natural as possible, and that anything less would be intolerant and bullying
against students who profess a gender identity with the opposite sex,” the
lawsuit states.
The young man’s parents made an
appointment with school leaders and were told that the district is “all-inclusive.” The lawsuit alleges that Foley told the boy’s
parents their son could use the nurse’s office to change – if he had a problem
changing in front of girls.
Principal Brett Cooper, also a
defendant, backed up the assistant principal’s solution. Supt. Richard Faidley suggested if “Joel Doe
was uncomfortable changing with those of the opposite sex, or with using the
nurse’s office, then he could just withdraw from school and be home-schooled.”
The school district has yet to respond
to the lawsuit.
If the school district be found
guilty, what should they immediately do to Faidley, Cooper and Foley? Should they keep their jobs as educators?
Clearly, this lawsuit illustrates the
radical sex and gender narrative being forced on many public school locker rooms
in the nation.
Rev.
Dr. Kenneth L. Beale, Jr.
Chaplain
(Colonel-Ret), U.S. Army
Pastor,
Ft. Snelling Memorial Chapel
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