Christian Teacher Wins Right to Opt-Out of Teaching Same-Sex Marriage to First Graders | CBN News

A devout Christian teacher has won the right to follow his religious convictions after a legal confrontation with the school where he teaches in Nashville, TN.

First Grade Teacher Eric Rivera had been banished from his classroom at KIPP Antioch College Prep Elementary School after he had asked for a religious accommodation from reading same-sex marriage books to the young children in his class.

Rivera was reassigned and faced losing his job after asking another teacher to substitute for him during that period.

First Liberty Institute took on his case, saying the school can’t force him to forfeit his religious beliefs and endorse its pro-LGBT messaging.

“Requiring a teacher to violate their religious beliefs in order to keep their job is blatant discrimination that violates the Civil Rights Act,” Senior Counsel Cliff Martin had said. “Our client cares deeply about his students and simply has a religious objection to teaching certain lessons and asked for a simple religious accommodation.”

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