Attorney General Jason Miyares has filed an amicus brief in federal court supporting two students from Loudoun County who were suspended after expressing discomfort when a female student, identifying as male, entered the boys’ locker room and recorded them. According to the Attorney General’s office, both students are Christian. The brief also states that another student of a different religion, who was allegedly involved in similar conduct, was not suspended.
The brief contends that suspending the students constitutes unlawful retaliation and viewpoint discrimination under the First Amendment, as well as religious discrimination under the Fourteenth Amendment. It requests that the court prevent Loudoun County Public Schools from enforcing these suspensions while litigation is ongoing.
Earlier this year, the Office of the Attorney General conducted an investigation into the incident and shared its findings with the U.S. Department of Education. The department concluded that Loudoun County Public Schools and its school board violated Title IX and retaliated against the students unlawfully. Despite this determination, Loudoun County Public Schools proceeded with suspending one student for a day until a federal court issued a temporary restraining order.
“Read the filing here.”
