Re: Teacher suspended for anti-same-sex-marraige Facebook post

2011-08-18 Thread Jean Dudley
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 fr

RE: Teacher suspended for anti-same-sex-marraige Facebook post

2011-08-18 Thread Volokh, Eugene
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).

Teacher suspended for anti-same-sex-marraige Facebook post

2011-08-18 Thread Volokh, Eugene
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