OK: The definition of "phobia" (to my understanding) includes "irrational fear". Wanting to throw up (which I take to mean vomit) meets my definition of "unreasonable fear". To be blunt, even if it means being off-topic, wanting to vomit at the thought of same sex marriage disqualifies him from being worth listening to when it comes to rational discussion of the issue at hand. I don't give a damn about his awards as Super-Human-Teacher-Of-The Century.
Just sayin'. We're here, we're queer, get the hell over it. On Aug 18, 2011, at Thu, Aug 18, 9:51 PM, Volokh, Eugene wrote: > I should note that the page now says he was “reassigned” > while the school investigates the matter, though other press accounts report > is as “suspended” (and my recollection is that the CNN page also said that > when I posted about it, though I might be mistaken on that). > > Eugene > > From: religionlaw-boun...@lists.ucla.edu > [mailto:religionlaw-boun...@lists.ucla.edu] On Behalf Of Volokh, Eugene > Sent: Thursday, August 18, 2011 4:56 PM > To: Law & Religion issues for Law Academics > Subject: Teacher suspended for anti-same-sex-marraige Facebook post > > Any thoughts on this? > > http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/08/18/florida.teacher.facebook/ > > Lake County Schools Communications Officer Chris Patton said school officials > received a complaint Tuesday about the content on Mount Dora High School > teacher Jerry Buell's personal Facebook page .... CNN affiliate Central > Florida News 13 reported that a status post on it said, "I'm watching the > news, eating dinner, when the story about the New York okaying same sex > unions came on and I almost threw up." > > Patton would not confirm the content of the post, but he said Lake County > officials are taking the matter very seriously. > "We began to review the code of ethics violations immediately and yesterday > afternoon temporarily reassigned the teacher pending the outcome of the > investigation," Patton told CNN Thursday.... > > The newspaper said that in the same July 25 post, Buell said same-sex > marriages were part of a "cesspool" and were a "sin." ... > > Buell, a teacher for more than 26 years [and a former “teacher of the year”], > served as the Social Studies Department chair at Mount Dora and taught > American history and government, according to the high school's website.... > _______________________________________________ > To post, send message to Religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu > To subscribe, unsubscribe, change options, or get password, see > http://lists.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/religionlaw > > Please note that messages sent to this large list cannot be viewed as > private. Anyone can subscribe to the list and read messages that are posted; > people can read the Web archives; and list members can (rightly or wrongly) > forward the messages to others.
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