Bethany Onishenko, litigation counsel with Advocates for Faith & Freedom, says the plaintiff, Danny Roberson, works in the children's section of the local library.
"[He] filed a defamation lawsuit in Missouri state court against Grace Church as well as a plethora of other individuals who expressed concerns about this individual's service at the library," she tells AFN.
The complaint specifically takes issue with Grace Church and Rachel Homolak's involvement in a civic engagement panel.
"During this panel, one panel member mentioned that a transgender individual works at the children's section of the library and that these are the types of issues parents need to know about and speak up about within their communities," Onishenko reports.
Because the audio of this panel was then posted on various media platforms, the plaintiff also argues that Homolak went on to make Facebook posts and appear on podcasts and radio shows to defame him.
"This is just a case where a transgender man got offended that someone spoke up against transgenderism and the transgender movement," Onishenko summarizes.
"Each defendant appropriately raised their concerns that biological men with facial hair who wear makeup and women's clothing while working in the children's section of a library creates gender confusion for children," she adds.
As for whether there is any basis for this case, the legal counsel points out that defamation is very difficult to prove in court.
"It's a very high standard," she says, "and there are many, many defenses to defamation."
Onishenko asserts that neither the church nor Homolak made defamatory comments about Mr. Roberson.
