Bible Thumper Teacher Fired

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

Ohio court spars with lawyers in school Bible case

COLUMBUS, Ohio — An Ohio school board lawyer says a now-fired public school science teacher waved a Bible at his students, handed out religious pamphlets and espoused creationism in his evolution lessons.

The attorney for ex-teacher John Freshwater says such accounts are exaggerated and that Freshwater was simply exercising his academic freedom to explore controversial ideas.

Attorneys for Freshwater and the Mount Vernon School Board have left the Ohio Supreme Court with competing accounts on whether the teacher unconstitutionally inserted his personal religious beliefs into the classroom.

Justices sparred with both lawyers during hour-long oral arguments Wednesday.

Freshwater was dismissed in 2011 after investigators reported he preached Christian beliefs in class when discussing topics such as evolution and homosexuality and was insubordinate in failing to remove the Bible from his classroom.

http://xfinity.comcast.net/articles/news-national/20130227/US.Teacher.Bible/

Edited February 27, 2013 by The Patriot

[decocker 7,198]

good.

[Penny Lane 8,159]

good.

Pretty much all there is to say about this.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

good.

Pretty much all there is to say about this.

Yup. It's just more proof of the persecution of Christians that is spreading in this country. Nothing new to see here.

[JohnR! 5,495]

Yup. It's just more proof of the persecution of Christians that is spreading in this country. Nothing new to see here.

I would say that it is more proof of the persecution from Christians who believe everyone should abide by their apocrypha, subscribe to their notions and endorse their superstition... After all, why else would they be thumping their bibles in a secular country and within the secular environment of our public schools, if not to bully others?

'Religion is like a #######. It's fine to have one and it's fine to be proud of it, but please don't whip it out in public and start waving it around... and PLEASE don't try to shove it down my child's throat.'

Edited February 27, 2013 by Gegel

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Dude was not discrete

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

I would say that it is more proof of the persecution from Christians who believe everyone should abide by their apocrypha, subscribe to their notions and endorse their superstition... After all, why else would they be thumping their bibles in a secular country and within the secular environment of our public schools, if not to bully others?

'Religion is like a #######. It's fine to have one and it's fine to be proud of it, but please don't whip it out in public and start waving it around... and PLEASE don't try to shove it down my child's throat.'

Your lack of morals is showing.

[JohnR! 5,495]

Your lack of morals is showing.

Touche!

[The Nature Boy 4,224]

good.

Just curious do you think this teacher should be fired also..

Texas Teacher Called 9-11 Hijackers ‘Freedom Fighters’ And The Holocaust ‘Ethnic Cleansing’

Read more at http://www.inquisitr.com/546087/texas-teacher-called-9-11-hijackers-freedom-fighters-and-the-holocaust-ethnic-cleansing/#1xxGIJv2D0r1G7ol.99

Texas high school teachers told her students to refer to the 9-11 hijackers “freedom fighters” and not hijackers. Parents were also angry that the Lumberton High School Advanced Placement World Geography teacher for telling the students to stop calling the Holocaust a genocide. The teacher instructed the teenagers to call the Holocaust “ethnic cleansing.” The Lumberton High School teacher also garnered backlash for asking students to dress in Islamic clothing during one class session. Photos of students wearing burqas surfaced on Facebook. Texas State Senator Dan Patrick is launching an investigation into student’s claims they were forced to write an essay blaming Egypt’s woes on Democracy, the Washington Times notes.

Texas Superintendent John Valastro supported his teacher’s actions and choice of labeling. During an interview with Fox News the Lumberton High School administrator had this to say:

“I don’t think my freshman level teacher was trying to politicize radical Islam or anything like that. I don’t think our teacher has … to my knowledge, ever converted a single student to Islam.”

Parent April LeBlanc maintains that the students were told they couldn’t use the term terrorist or suicide bomber any longer. The upset mother also stated that a freedom fighter gives his life for a Holy War before going to heaven. LeBlanc also had this to say about her daughter’s instruction during the geography class:

“They were saturating these kids in Islam and my daughter is an American Christian child. My biggest thing is not the burqa. That was key to opening up the rest. It’s scary how far they dove into the Islamic faith.”

At least one student voiced sympathy for her geography teacher. She believes the teacher did not want to teach this particular unit but had to because it was in the curriculum. During the lesson about the Holocaust, the teacher reportedly told the students that she was supposed to be “politically correct” when teaching about the tragedy and call it ethnic cleansing.

What do you think about the Texas high school that called 9-11 hijackers freedom fighters and said the Holocaust was ethnic cleansing?

Read more at http://www.inquisitr.com/546087/texas-teacher-called-9-11-hijackers-freedom-fighters-and-the-holocaust-ethnic-cleansing/#1xxGIJv2D0r1G7ol.99

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

Any teacher who expresses an opinion should be fired. Only approved propaganda should be taught to our children.

[Penny Lane 8,159]

Just curious do you think this teacher should be fired also..

Yes.

[decocker 7,198]

Just curious do you think this teacher should be fired also..

of course. she's supposed to be teaching world geography.

did you expect me to answer differently?

[Penny Lane 8,159]

Any teacher who expresses an opinion should be fired. Only approved propaganda should be taught to our children.

You equate this story with "expressing an opinion"?

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

You equate this story with "expressing an opinion"?

Was the teacher expressing facts?

[Penny Lane 8,159]

Was the teacher expressing facts?

Expressing an opinion is harmless.

I'm asking if that's what you think this teacher was doing?

Because "waved a Bible at his students, handed out religious pamphlets and espoused creationism in his evolution lessons" seems a little more than expressing an opinion to me.