Should I Provide My Preferred Pronouns When Asked by a Judge During Jury Duty?
#STRask — Stand to ReasonShould I Provide My Preferred Pronouns When Asked by a Judge During Jury Duty?
January 8, 2024
#STRaskStand to Reason
Questions about whether we should provide our preferred pronouns during jury duty when a judge asks for them and how to respond to a Christian who says it’s kind to use a person’s preferred pronouns and that not using them is unkind, unloving, and judgmental.
* When a judge asks me to provide my preferred pronouns in a courtroom during jury duty, is that the wrong place to resist providing them?
* How should I respond to a Christian who says it’s kind to use a person’s preferred pronouns, that by not doing so I’m being a hypocrite, unkind, unloving, and judgmental, and that not all translations of the Bible say God made male and female?
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