On June 20, the First Liberty Institute, a religious liberty legal organization, issued a letter to St. Philip’s College in San Antonio, Texas asserting that Dr. Johnson Varkey was unlawfully terminated “for teaching human biology just as he did in his previous twenty-year career as a professor.”

First Liberty is urging the community college to reinstate Varkey’s position after the school fired him for teaching that X and Y chromosomes determine one’s sex.

Varkey, a practicing Christian and host of a Biblical-based radio program, taught human anatomy at St. Philip’s College, unimpeded, from 2003 until November 2022 when four students exited class during his science lecture.

The school claimed Varkey was terminated for his “religious preaching,” but First Liberty Counsel Keisha Russell argues that the teachings in question are consistent with “school-approved and science-based curriculum,” as well as “widely accepted biology.”