The Influence of Christian Nationalism on U.S. Public Educators’ Speech: Implications from Meriwether vs. Hartop

David Hoa Khoa Nguyen, Jeremy F. Price and Duaa H. Alwan
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David Hoa Khoa Nguyen: Department of Urban Education Counseling, Leadership & Policy Studies, Indiana University—Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI), Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
Jeremy F. Price: Department of Urban Teacher Education, Indiana University—Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI), Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
Duaa H. Alwan: Department of American Studies, Indiana University—Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI), Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA

Laws, 2021, vol. 10, issue 4, 1-14

Abstract: Public school educators must navigate very complex intersections of the First Amendment’s Establishment, Free Exercise, and Free Speech clauses. The 6th Circuit’s ruling in Meriwether vs. Hartop created a slippery slope that could create a hostile learning environment and be discriminatory speech while trying to balance public-school educators’ sincerely held religious beliefs. This article examines the Meriwether case and court ruling while providing a background of U.S. Christian nationalism and its implications in American public education.

Keywords: speech; religion; preferred pronouns (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D78 E61 E62 F13 F42 F68 K0 K1 K2 K3 K4 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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