Comments on: Barfing Florida Teacher Is Just Like Jesus http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2011/08/26/36434 News, analysis and fact-checking of anti-gay rhetoric Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:13:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: JohnnyC http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2011/08/26/36434/comment-page-1#comment-105246 JohnnyC Sat, 27 Aug 2011 18:14:29 +0000 http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/?p=36434#comment-105246 @JohnAGJ For all we know the syllabus and website were the issues for the school board, the only side of this story we've heard so far is that of Buell and Liberty Council. It wouldn't surprise me at all to find that they had lied about what the suspension is over. I've noticed a trend on the anti-gay right to interpret any anti-gay comments controversy as being about opposition to marriage equality. @JohnAGJ

For all we know the syllabus and website were the issues for the school board, the only side of this story we’ve heard so far is that of Buell and Liberty Council. It wouldn’t surprise me at all to find that they had lied about what the suspension is over. I’ve noticed a trend on the anti-gay right to interpret any anti-gay comments controversy as being about opposition to marriage equality.

]]> By: WMDKitty http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2011/08/26/36434/comment-page-1#comment-105112 WMDKitty Sat, 27 Aug 2011 05:19:03 +0000 http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/?p=36434#comment-105112 I can't believe they didn't fire his sorry ass -- not so much for the FB comments, but for the Jesus-spew on his syllabus and school-hosted web page. He was clearly proselytizing, and former students have come forward and said that he did, in fact, preach in the classroom. I can’t believe they didn’t fire his sorry ass — not so much for the FB comments, but for the Jesus-spew on his syllabus and school-hosted web page. He was clearly proselytizing, and former students have come forward and said that he did, in fact, preach in the classroom.

]]> By: Erin http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2011/08/26/36434/comment-page-1#comment-105064 Erin Sat, 27 Aug 2011 01:15:03 +0000 http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/?p=36434#comment-105064 Oh the ire I am experiencing right now. You know what? The anti-gay hate speech is nothing new. And of course I'm irate this school district reinstated this man who effectively demonized any LGBT kids in his school and any kids with LGBT loved ones. But then, to top off my anger, this man is a social studies teacher. He has been educated and assigned a task to teach kids about their government. Then, just like a freaking ignoramus, stands up and completely misrepresents the Constitution of our United States. Yes, he has a right to say what he wants, as in, the government cannot arrest or fine him and another party cannot lawfully sue him. THAT's IT! When will these idiotic Christianists get it through their heads that the first amendment does not protect their business partnerships when their words threaten that business' success, and it does not protect their jobs, public or private when they engage in misconduct and represent their employers poorly. Jesus would just love this vile man's hatred, arrogance, and appalling ignorance. Just freaking love it. Oh the ire I am experiencing right now. You know what? The anti-gay hate speech is nothing new. And of course I’m irate this school district reinstated this man who effectively demonized any LGBT kids in his school and any kids with LGBT loved ones. But then, to top off my anger, this man is a social studies teacher. He has been educated and assigned a task to teach kids about their government. Then, just like a freaking ignoramus, stands up and completely misrepresents the Constitution of our United States. Yes, he has a right to say what he wants, as in, the government cannot arrest or fine him and another party cannot lawfully sue him. THAT’s IT! When will these idiotic Christianists get it through their heads that the first amendment does not protect their business partnerships when their words threaten that business’ success, and it does not protect their jobs, public or private when they engage in misconduct and represent their employers poorly. Jesus would just love this vile man’s hatred, arrogance, and appalling ignorance. Just freaking love it.

]]> By: dn http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2011/08/26/36434/comment-page-1#comment-104974 dn Fri, 26 Aug 2011 17:03:28 +0000 http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/?p=36434#comment-104974 I wonder how liberty counsel would feel about a public school teacher who proudly teaches the traditions of allah and muhammed. I also wonder what the public reaction would have been if it had been a post about black people or jews. just because he has a right to say something does not mean that it is right to say it. I wonder how liberty counsel would feel about a public school teacher who proudly teaches the traditions of allah and muhammed.

I also wonder what the public reaction would have been if it had been a post about black people or jews.

just because he has a right to say something does not mean that it is right to say it.

]]> By: Regan DuCasse http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2011/08/26/36434/comment-page-1#comment-104969 Regan DuCasse Fri, 26 Aug 2011 16:40:00 +0000 http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/?p=36434#comment-104969 Oh...gag! What IS it with these people that put themselves on the cross after a self made kerfuffle? As if it was SUCH an ordeal! As IF he's just SO courageous for expressing a nasty opinion and after being busted, whining about it? He teaches social studies?! Really? He thinks he's living like Christ? Well, he's forgotten that inconvenient directive about treating another human being the way HE'D want to be treated. And he's forgetting that Jesus had two dads and no wife. Wearing one's religious belief on the sleeve as if that's a character reference of irrefutable virtue makes me wanna just GAG! As the memorial dedicated to the life of Dr. ML King is about to happen, I wish these people like this teacher, and the knuckle draggers at Liberty U (founded by an avowed RACIST who hated Dr. King), would be exposed for the supremacist values cowards they truly are. This teacher needs to read "Letters From a Birmingham Jail", and I bet a gay student could relate to who deals with real injustice more than this dickhead could ever appreciate. Oh…gag!
What IS it with these people that put themselves on the cross after a self made kerfuffle?
As if it was SUCH an ordeal! As IF he’s just SO courageous for expressing a nasty opinion and after being busted, whining about it?
He teaches social studies?!
Really?
He thinks he’s living like Christ? Well, he’s forgotten that inconvenient directive about treating another human being the way HE’D want to be treated. And he’s forgetting that Jesus had two dads and no wife.

Wearing one’s religious belief on the sleeve as if that’s a character reference of irrefutable virtue makes me wanna just GAG!

As the memorial dedicated to the life of Dr. ML King is about to happen, I wish these people like this teacher, and the knuckle draggers at Liberty U (founded by an avowed RACIST who hated Dr. King), would be exposed for the supremacist values cowards they truly are.

This teacher needs to read “Letters From a Birmingham Jail”, and I bet a gay student could relate to who deals with real injustice more than this dickhead could ever appreciate.

]]> By: tavdy79 http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2011/08/26/36434/comment-page-1#comment-104959 tavdy79 Fri, 26 Aug 2011 16:12:07 +0000 http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/?p=36434#comment-104959 If he's like Jesus, I don't think I want to be like Jesus. If he’s like Jesus, I don’t think I want to be like Jesus.

]]> By: DONALD CRADDOCK http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2011/08/26/36434/comment-page-1#comment-104955 DONALD CRADDOCK Fri, 26 Aug 2011 16:04:34 +0000 http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/?p=36434#comment-104955 Nothing resembling my Christ is apparent there. Nothing resembling my Christ is apparent there.

]]> By: David Malcolm http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2011/08/26/36434/comment-page-1#comment-104956 David Malcolm Fri, 26 Aug 2011 16:04:34 +0000 http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/?p=36434#comment-104956 It's so sad that this guy thinks Jesus was such an asshole. It’s so sad that this guy thinks Jesus was such an asshole.

]]> By: JohnAGJ http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2011/08/26/36434/comment-page-1#comment-104952 JohnAGJ Fri, 26 Aug 2011 15:47:18 +0000 http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/?p=36434#comment-104952 I have a bigger problem with what he said on school-owned website and on his syllabus rather than his idiotic comments about gay marriage. That's where the school administration should have focused on. I have a bigger problem with what he said on school-owned website and on his syllabus rather than his idiotic comments about gay marriage. That’s where the school administration should have focused on.

]]> By: Ben In Oakland http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2011/08/26/36434/comment-page-1#comment-104951 Ben In Oakland Fri, 26 Aug 2011 15:42:34 +0000 http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/?p=36434#comment-104951 "I try ot be like Jesus every day".... except for the part about judging people's sins. “I try ot be like Jesus every day”….

except for the part about judging people’s sins.

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