19. SBC Pastor in Louisiana Loses Side Job at Library for Pronoun Stance

As a bivocational pastor in Louisiana, Luke Ash had been working a second job at a public library to support his family. But Ash said he lost that side gig earlier this month after refusing to use the preferred pronouns of a library co-worker.
After four months working as an interdepartmental loan technician at the East Baton Rouge Parish Library, Ash said, he was reprimanded for not using the preferred pronouns of a transgender colleague during a conversation with another colleague. Because the pastor refused to “get on board” with the pronoun usage, he said, he was fired the next day.
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