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According to a new report, a professor at a university in Ohio was punished for refusing to use a student's preferred pronouns.

The university will pay a philosophy professor $400,000 in damages and attorney fees after he was reprimanded for refusing to use female pronouns for a male student, Fox News reported.

The controversy began when the student asked the professor if he was a male or female after class.

The professor believed that obliging the student's requests would violate his beliefs. According to court documents cited by Fox News, the student told the professor he would be fired when he refused to use female pronouns.

The investigation was opened by the student after he filed a complaint. The professor created a hostile environment for the student by not using preferred pronouns. The student could ask for any name they wanted. The student did not accept the professor's offer.

If a similar incident occurred, the university placed a written warning in the professor's personnel file.

The university was sued for violating his right to free exercise of religion under the First Amendment.

The professor's lawsuit was allowed to move forward after the 6th Circuit reversed the district court's dismissal.

A settlement was reached with the university.

The director of the ADF Center for Academic Freedom said public universities should welcome intellectual and ideological diversity, where all students and professors can engage in meaningful discussions without compromising their core beliefs. The university agreed to do the right thing in keeping with its reason for existence as a marketplace of ideas.

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