Should he appeal his firing?
"Charlie Martin, senior pastor of the 6,000-member First Baptist Church of Indian Rocks, said Stanton was infringing on the rights of his employees.
"To call him a her, when he's really a she, is trampling on our religious convictions," he said. "I believe we are created in God's image."
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