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Childcare workers refuse to accept trans<\/a> child, sue employer for discrimination<\/b><\/p>\n

Two childcare workers fired from a Texas daycare for refusing to address transgender issues are now suing their former employer for discrimination.<\/p>\n

Madeline Kirksey and Akesha Wyatt have lodged a lawsuit against the Children’s Lighthouse Learning Center in Katy, Texas because they feel their religious belief has been discriminated against.<\/p>\n

Both women<\/a> were fired two weeks ago after a six-year-old child returned to the daycare with his parents saying he identified as a boy<\/a> – but both Kirksey and Wyatt refused to call<\/a> him by his chosen name.<\/p>\n

Kirksey, a Christian author and blogger, also said she feels the boy<\/a>’s parents – a gay<\/a> couple<\/a> – were forcing the issue of gender onto their child.<\/p>\n

According to the Daily Mail<\/a>, teachers – handing out leaflets on working with trans<\/a> students – encouraged staff to educate other children about transgender issues and to ‘defend their dignity’, but the women<\/a> said they were uncomfortable speaking to children about trans<\/a> issues.<\/p>\n

‘I don’t think we should be talking to other people’s children who are under the age of 18 about being transgender,’ Kirksey said in an interview with Fox News.<\/p>\n

Adam Taylor, a prominent lawyer who fought and won the case of Texas’ so-called bathroom bill being put before voters, is representing Kirksey.<\/p>\n

He is filing a lawsuit against the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, as he says his client’s rights as a Christian have been infringed.<\/p>\n

‘Literally, she was sacrificed on the altar of political correctness,’ he said, according to the Daily Mail.<\/p>\n

‘It’s not just Madeline and it’s not just this school that we are concerned about. We need to send a strong message that Christians need to push back on this agenda.’<\/p>\n

Wyatt’s attorney, Briscoe Cain, told Breitbart his client’s religious rights had been violated by the firing; she had wanted to protect the child from harassment and being discriminated against.<\/p>\n

‘She is now out of work for defending her faith and standing up for the innocence of children,’ he said.<\/p>\n

‘And for believing that it is the role of parents to decide whether children should be educated about transgender issues,’<\/p>\n

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