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To Spring Arbor, Thanks for everything, Julie Nemecek

Posted on February 5, 2007 6:00 PM
Being a transgendered cross-dresser probably wasn't what John now Julie Nemecek wanted to be branded as by Spring Arbor University when he started dressing the part in 2005. Small Christian colleges tend not to be the most tolerant places for gender identity issues.

Spring Arbor in Michigan decided they won't be renewing the wig-wearing ordained minister's contract once June rolls around...
"I have worked hard for this university, have been praised for my performance, and I have done nothing immoral or sinful," Nemecek told the Jackson Citizen Patriot for a Sunday story.

Officials at Spring Arbor, which is affiliated with the Free Methodist Church, declined to comment to the newspaper. They said in a statement released by a public relations firm: "We expect our faculty to model Christian character as an example for our students."
Yeah, he's suing them over the dismissal for discrimination. I bet Thomas Jefferson and company never saw this coming when they were trimming Washington's hemp plants and writing the Bill of Rights back in the 18th Century.

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