High School Student Suspended For Making Comment on Gays.

[Obama 2012 1,714]

This is absurd. He said nothing wrong other than his opinion and what he believes. The principal who issued the suspension should be fired.

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http://www.wfaa.com/news/education/Freshman-suspended-for-comment-about-gays-130324178.html

FORT WORTH – A foreign language class and the First Amendment collided at Western Hills High School on Tuesday when Dakota Ary said he made a casual comment to a friend.

“Someone in the back of the classroom asked, ‘What are the views on gays in Germany and Europe?,’” Ary explained. “And I said to my friend behind me that, ‘I’m a Christian, I believe gays are wrong.'”

The comment landed the high school freshmen in a vice-principal’s office with a disciplinary note.

School administrators then suspended Dakota for two days, until his mother hired an attorney and met with principals on Wednesday morning.

“That’s the reason we have the First Amendment and freedom of speech, because not everybody thinks the same way and we have the freedom to disagree in the marketplace of ideas and discussion," said Matt Krause, a constitutional attorney the family hired. "It’s OK if people take contradictory sides. Here, Dakota was just expressing his viewpoint. It might offend somebody but that doesn’t mean it’s wrong.”

Dakota’s mother, Holly Pope, said her son maintains good grades, plus he plays tight end on the freshmen football team.

The suspension over free speech is overblown, Pope said.

Krause said principals agreed with that viewpoint after their meeting Wednesday morning, when they canceled Ary’s second day of suspension, agreed to let him make up his work and also make sure his record doesn’t reflect what happened.

Still, Krause said he and Pope will watch to see if anyone tries to retaliate against the teenager by giving him bad grades.

Messages to a spokesman for the Fort Worth Independent School District were not immediately returned Wednesday evening.

[Usui Takumi 1,562]

This is absurd. He said nothing wrong other than his opinion and what he believes. The principal who issued the suspension should be fired.

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http://www.wfaa.com/news/education/Freshman-suspended-for-comment-about-gays-130324178.html

FORT WORTH – A foreign language class and the First Amendment collided at Western Hills High School on Tuesday when Dakota Ary said he made a casual comment to a friend.

“Someone in the back of the classroom asked, ‘What are the views on gays in Germany and Europe?,’” Ary explained. “And I said to my friend behind me that, ‘I’m a Christian, I believe gays are wrong.'”

The comment landed the high school freshmen in a vice-principal’s office with a disciplinary note.

School administrators then suspended Dakota for two days, until his mother hired an attorney and met with principals on Wednesday morning.

“That’s the reason we have the First Amendment and freedom of speech, because not everybody thinks the same way and we have the freedom to disagree in the marketplace of ideas and discussion," said Matt Krause, a constitutional attorney the family hired. "It’s OK if people take contradictory sides. Here, Dakota was just expressing his viewpoint. It might offend somebody but that doesn’t mean it’s wrong.”

Dakota’s mother, Holly Pope, said her son maintains good grades, plus he plays tight end on the freshmen football team.

The suspension over free speech is overblown, Pope said.

Krause said principals agreed with that viewpoint after their meeting Wednesday morning, when they canceled Ary’s second day of suspension, agreed to let him make up his work and also make sure his record doesn’t reflect what happened.

Still, Krause said he and Pope will watch to see if anyone tries to retaliate against the teenager by giving him bad grades.

Messages to a spokesman for the Fort Worth Independent School District were not immediately returned Wednesday evening.

I think his comments could potentially be considered hate speech

[Danno 1,228]

I think his comments could potentially be considered hate speech

Thanks for demonstrating why the whole "hate speech" thing is so dangerous, it can mean anything.

I think people who litter "are wrong"....is that hate speech as well?

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I think his comments could potentially be considered hate speech

"I’m a Christian, I believe gays are wrong" is hate speech?

[Usui Takumi 1,562]

"I’m a Christian, I believe gays are wrong" is hate speech?

Personally, I don't think so. But I bet that is the legal grounds the school will be using.

[Danno 1,228]

Personally, I don't think so. But I bet that is the legal grounds the school will be using.

Here is another TX story.

Wonder if this type of thing is -hate speech?

For those who can't watch vids

Education Texas Teacher Calls Tea Party President A ‘Nazi’

On Tuesday, the San Antonio Tea Party was part of a panel supported by a local public radio station – 89.1 KSTX. The topic of discussion – the DREAM Act and the problem of illegal immigration. Jonathon Bryant, a Government Studies teacher from John F. Kennedy High School attended the event along with some of his students (who, according to Bryant, may be illegals). Mr. Bryant asked a question of the panel about students that were illegal aliens and what should be done with them. After the president of the group affirmed his support for the laws governing illegal aliens in the schools, Mr. Bryant just couldn’t contain himself. He decided to levy a “Nazi” charge:

[Usui Takumi 1,562]

Here is another TX story.

Wonder if this type of thing is -hate speech?

For those who can't watch vids

Education Texas Teacher Calls Tea Party President A ‘Nazi’

On Tuesday, the San Antonio Tea Party was part of a panel supported by a local public radio station – 89.1 KSTX. The topic of discussion – the DREAM Act and the problem of illegal immigration. Jonathon Bryant, a Government Studies teacher from John F. Kennedy High School attended the event along with some of his students (who, according to Bryant, may be illegals). Mr. Bryant asked a question of the panel about students that were illegal aliens and what should be done with them. After the president of the group affirmed his support for the laws governing illegal aliens in the schools, Mr. Bryant just couldn’t contain himself. He decided to levy a “Nazi” charge:

This is not hate speech by definition as it doesn't attack - race, color, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, nationality, religion,

(i can't watch your video so i'm going by your text)

[Danno 1,228]

This is not hate speech by definition as it doesn't attack - race, color, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, nationality, religion,

(i can't watch your video so i'm going by your text)

Boy that list is getting longer all the time.

Seems like it was just yesterday it was: Race religion and creed.

I guess they aced Creed, as that gave people the right to firmly held beliefs.

[Bad_Daddy 2,209]

This story in the OP is just another step towards controlling the masses. Where does it end?

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This story in the OP is just another step towards controlling the masses. Where does it end?

[The_Dude 1,142]

Thanks for demonstrating why the whole "hate speech" thing is so dangerous, it can mean anything.

I think people who litter "are wrong"....is that hate speech as well?

There seems to be quite a few details missing from this article. I think the most important would be why the teacher felt it was hate speech. If there was an openly gay student sitting next to him and this kid only made the comment and asked the question as a pretext to insult the gay student, then I think it could be construed as hate speech. But that is about the only scenario in which I could see that, and even that is subjective.

[slim 1,525]

Sounds to me like overly sensitive teachers and administrators who got it right in the end. (But only after a lawsuit.)

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

This story in the OP is just another step towards controlling the masses. Where does it end?

No its not kip. Why be so melodramatic?

[Bad_Daddy 2,209]

No its not kip. Why be so melodramatic?

Remember when you posted on here just to torment Charles? I miss those days.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

Remember when people actually thought you were a nice person, albeit a little rough around the edges?