‘Common sense has prevailed’: Teacher who wouldn’t call ‘Johnny’ ‘Susie’ gets 6-figure payout from district

John Kluge

An Indiana school district has agreed to pay a former music teacher $650,000 after he brought a religious discrimination suit.

What was John Kluge’s “crime”? He refused to refer to students by names that were inconsistent with their sex. Brownsburg Community School Corporation forced the orchestra teacher to resign over the issue.

Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys announced Tuesday that the settlement in the suit had been reached.

“After almost five and a half years...