A school district in Pennsylvania has been sued by the parents of a boy who was involuntarily exposed to an undressed female while he was changing in the school’s locker room – only to find out the school had secretly opened its restrooms to the opposite sex without telling either students or parents!
Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) and the Independence Law Center (ILC) filed suit against the Boyertown Area School District on behalf of the parents of a male student known only as “Joel Doe” who was undressing in the locker room one day when he realized a female was present.
“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 and his classmates reported the incident to the Assistant Principal, who is named as a defendant in the suit.
“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.
When the boy asked what could be done to protect him from this situation in the future, Dr. Foley told Joel to “’tolerate’ it and to make it as ‘natural’ as he possibly can,” the lawsuit states.
It continues: “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.”
As Fox News reports, what is even more disturbing is that parents were not told of the school district’s decision to let students use the locker rooms and bathrooms of the opposite sex.
When his parents met with school leaders to demand answers, they were told that the district is “all-inclusive” and that their son could use the nurse’s office to change if he wasn’t comfortable with undressing in front of girls.
Even more appalling is the suggestion of Superintendent Richard Faidley who said that 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 parents responded with a law suit which was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania claiming sexual harassment under Title IX, a federal law; violation of the fundamental right to bodily privacy under the U.S. Constitution; and violation of a state privacy law.
“No school should rob any student of his legally protected personal privacy,” said ILC Chief Counsel Randall Wenger. “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, school officials are clearly ignoring that duty.”
ADF Legal Counsel Kellie Fiedorek added: “Our laws and customs have long recognized that we shouldn’t have to undress in front of persons of the opposite sex. But now some schools are forcing our children into giving up their privacy rights even though, in this case, Pennsylvania law requires schools to have separate facilities on the basis of sex.”
The school district has yet to respond to the lawsuit.
Fox News’ Todd Starnes says that if the school district be found guilty, they should immediately fire Faidley, Cooper and Foley because “their alleged behavior is beyond repulsive.”
He adds: “But the lawsuit clearly illustrates the radical sex and gender narrative being forced on every public school locker room in the nation. And as evidenced by the school district’s behavior, resistance to this perverse indoctrination seems to be futile.”
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