Among other things, the instructors did not like the fact that, in accordance with the institutional LGBTQ rules, they should have called the students by the personal pronouns they expected. They were suspended a few months ago, and a few days ago they were permanently fired, reports the international news agency V4NA.

After a public hearing in mid-July, two high school teachers were fired in the seventh district of Grants Pass, the county seat of the US state of Oregon. The "crime" of the two school employees was that they spoke out against the school's LGBTQ rules .

The high school's former vice principal Rachel Damiano and science teacher Katie Medar were placed on furlough back in April after they expressed their stance against LGBTQ rules in a video and created a website on the topic called I Resolve Movement. They said students should be required to use the bathroom of their biological gender when they have the option, and they opposed a rule that would require teachers to address students by the personal pronouns they prefer.

At Damiano and Medart's public hearing, a third party looked into the allegations against the two teachers, whether they violated district policies. Kirk Kolb , the school district's superintendent, ultimately recommended firing both employees. After that, the members of the school council voted on the final decision.

In the case of both teachers, four board members voted for the exemption and three voted against it. The main argument for their dismissal was that the teachers were also dealing with the I Resolve Movement website during their working hours. They were also accused of running a political campaign in the school district. During the hearings, both teachers denied the accusation of political campaigning, and also stated that they had never dealt with the jointly launched website during their working hours.

In front of the building where the hearing took place and at the high school, 65 people protested against the dismissal of both teachers. The demonstrations lasted roughly four hours. The teachers filed a lawsuit against the school district back in April, when they were suspended. The district's latest move is likely to prompt more legal action against the fired teachers.

(On the cover photo: The two fired teachers. Source: YouTube)