Can We Be Forced to Say Something We Don’t Believe? Ask Peter Vlaming.
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🗓️ 25 August 2020
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
A French teacher at West Point High School in West Point, Virginia, was fired for not using pronouns preferred by a transgender student.
Should people be forced to contradict their core beliefs just to keep a job? Can you be compelled to speak a message you don't believe in?
Caleb Dalton, a counsel with the Christian legal organization Alliance Defending Freedom who represents the teacher, Peter Vlaming, joins "The Daily Signal Podcast" to discuss the issues involved.
We also cover these stories:
- Postmaster General Louis DeJoy testified before a House oversight committee on Monday.
- Riots broke out in Wisconsin following the shooting of a black man, Jacob Blake, by police on Sunday night.
- Kellyanne Conway, a long-time adviser to President Donald Trump, is leaving the White House.
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Daily Signal Podcast for Tuesday, August 25th. I'm Virginia Allen. |
| 0:10.0 | And I'm Rachel Del Judas. |
| 0:12.0 | Peter Fleming was fired from his teaching position for accidentally calling a transgender student |
| 0:17.4 | She. |
| 0:18.4 | Caleb Dalton, Legal Counsel with the Christian Legal Organization Alliance Defending Freedom who represents |
| 0:24.6 | Fleming joins me on the podcast to discuss Mr Fleming's case from a legal standpoint. |
| 0:30.2 | Don't forget if you're enjoying this podcast please be sure to leave a review or a five-star rating |
| 0:35.0 | on Apple Podcasts and encourage others to subscribe. |
| 0:38.6 | Now, on to our top news. Postmaster General Lewis Dejoy testified before the House Oversight Committee on Monday. |
| 0:52.8 | Lawmakers called on Dejoy and Postal Service Board of Governors Chairman Robert Duncan |
| 0:58.6 | to testify amid claims that mail delivery has been intentionally slowed ahead of the November election. |
| 1:06.0 | Democratic lawmakers exchanged heated words with Dejoy throughout the hearing, |
| 1:11.0 | accusing him of intentionally sabotaging the Postal Service. |
| 1:15.0 | To Joy made clear in his remarks per CBS news that the USPS will be able to successfully |
| 1:21.5 | deliver mail-in ballots this fall and refuted the claims of intentional |
| 1:25.8 | sabotage. |
| 1:26.8 | The Postal Service is fully capable and committed to delivering the nation's ballots securely and on time. |
| 1:35.7 | This sacred duty is my number one priority between now and election day. |
| 1:41.3 | To be clear, we will do everything we can to handle and deliver election mail in a manner consistent |
| 1:48.3 | with the proven processes and procedures that we have relied upon for years. |
| 1:54.0 | Nevertheless, I encourage all Americans who choose to vote by mail |
| 1:59.0 | to request their ballots early and to vote early |
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