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In reply to the discussion: Indiana School Decides Not To Discipline Teacher Who Says Gays Have No Purpose In Life [View all]justiceischeap
(14,040 posts)8. But does it effect her daily life?
With no personal consequences for her other than public humiliation (which I'd bet she is getting her equal adoration from the other side), there's no reason for her not to continue speaking poorly about LGBT kids. Sadly, when I was a kids most teachers/schools were considered a safe, neutral environment (depending on your school district of course). Not so for today's kids.
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alp227
Feb 2013
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Probably not in the long run. But her students saw the backlash and she likely won't be speaking
Hosnon
Feb 2013
#10
this is a good parenting time to explain that the 1st amendment protects even stupid things that
leftyohiolib
Feb 2013
#9
"At Will" employment at it's "best". TTE, "We can hire all of the bigots we want, thank you very
patrice
Feb 2013
#2
I wasn't sure, so I was trying to frame that as an "if there are unions" they're probably weak and
patrice
Feb 2013
#20
Tell me! I live in BrownKochistan, Kansas, have watched family elders go through their
patrice
Feb 2013
#34
What about the college towns like Bloomington (Indiana U) or West Lafayette (Purdue)?
alp227
Feb 2013
#17
As far as I can tell, Indiana's only purpose is to prevent Michigan from crashing on top of
firenewt
Feb 2013
#25