A high school snowboarding coach was recently fired for saying men and women are biologically different.
Now the school district is being ordered to pay him $75,000.
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Stating The Obvious Means Losing Your Job
The Washington Times reports, “David Bloch, who founded the Woodstock Union High School snowboarding team in 2011, reached a settlement with the Vermont Agency of Education, the Vermont Principals’ Association, and his former school district that pays him $75,000, or nearly 17 times his previous annual salary.”
“Mr. Bloch sued last July after he was fired over his comments about transgender athletes during downtime at a February 2023 meet in which his girls’ team competed against a male-born snowboarder who identified as female,” the Times noted.
The story continued:
He told two student athletes that males and females have different DNA and that as a result, males generally have an advantage in sports. As the break ended, he also said, “Let’s go out and beat this biological boy,” according to court documents.
U.S. District Judge Christina Reiss denied Mr. Bloch’s request for reinstatement. The coach filed a notice of appeal in January with the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, which will be dropped as part of the settlement agreement.
Alliance Defending Freedom legal counsel Matthew Hoffmann, who represents Mr. Bloch, said the coach led the team for 11 years “to enormous success in terms of both athletic accomplishment and personal growth of the snowboarders.”
“But the school district fired him because he simply expressed his views that males and females are biologically different and questioned the appropriateness of a teenage male competing against teenage females in an athletic competition,” Mr. Hoffmann said. “We’re pleased to favorably settle this case.”
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Snowboarding Coach Said Nothing Wrong
The Times added, “Mr. Bloch, a Catholic, also challenged the Harassment, Hazing, and Bullying policy adopted by the state and school district, arguing that it violated his First Amendment rights.”
While a settlement is nice, it’s not clear why this coach should have been fired in the first place. His view is held by countless Americans and as a coach, he was not out of line in saying what he said.
But acknowledging that there are two genders and that they are different is apparently a firing offense in the 21st century.
