Government Schools Update: Special "Religious Bigotry" Edition

[Mornac]

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Texas teacher quits over anti-Catholic tracts
Oct 24, 2011

MINERAL WELLS, Texas (AP) - A North Texas junior high school teacher has resigned after school district officials received complaints that she was giving her 12-year-old students anti-Catholic tracts.

Mineral Wells school district Assistant Superintendent Linda Porter-Bradford said Monday the district has accepted the resignation of Mineral Wells Junior High English teacher Marsha McDonald after she was placed on administrative leave.

According to the Mineral Wells Index (http://bit.ly/tep6JA), parents complained that McDonald gave a pamphlet titled "Are Roman Catholics Christians?" to a 12-year-old student and offered other students as many of the pamphlets as they wanted. The Index reported that "Cool Assembly of God" and "Rev. Marsha McDonald, pastor," were printed on the back of the pamphlets.

Calls to the church office weren't answered, and a message left on McDonald's cell phone Monday wasn't returned.


http://www.kiiitv.com/story/15863544/texas-teacher-quits-over-anti-catholic-tracts

[ivanm]

As I suspected, the pamphlet was from a fundamentalist cult.  Texas is loaded with such nutjob outfits.  I think somebody should sue the bastards.

[johnhp]

As I suspected, the pamphlet was from a fundamentalist cult.  Texas is loaded with such nutjob outfits.  I think somebody should sue the bastards.

i thought righties like Mornac WANTED religion in public education.

[JC3.0]

As I suspected, the pamphlet was from a fundamentalist cult.  Texas is loaded with such nutjob outfits.  I think somebody should sue the bastards.

All religions have serious flaws somewhere. While there may be decent tenuts of behavior and morals in each one, one does not need religion to learn live and practice these things, and only need common sense and self control. It is when religions "reach out" and forcefuck themselves on people as the "truth and the way" that we begin to have problems. Face it, every religion considers themselves the "truth and the way" and has a problem with others.

 It is for this reason that I wish we had NO religion at all in this country. Of course that will never happen. I just try to stay respectful whenever possible. However when it comes to Mornac, he goes out of his way to cast aspersion (sp?) on other religions as if it makes his own better, and he also plays the poor victim card with his religion as well. We all see through that though. I have not seen one single poster here back Mornac up when he does that. Religious bigotry (here at the board)starts with Mornac.

[johnhp]

 However when it comes to Mornac, he goes out of his way to cast aspersion (sp?) on other religions as if it makes his own better, and he also plays the poor victim card with his religion as well.

Remember he also spreads shit on the Catholics who disagree with him.  You know 99.99% of Catholics.

[ivanm]

i thought righties like Mornac WANTED religion in public education.

There are probably a lot of Protestant fundies in Texas who would like to see more religion in public schools, and it  was common for the idea of praying at sports events to come up in the news when I lived there some 16 years ago.  A certain amount of it may be appropriate but I think that in this case the charge was by the teacher against the Catholic faith was libelous and out of line.

It is very common for little Latino kids to be from Catholic families, so I think the bitch should be taken out and horse whipped, even prosecuted.  It has been my experience that Catholics do not get into people's faces about their religious beliefs, so I think they need to be left alone.  Unlike fundies, they are not looking for trouble. 

Is Mornac looking for trouble?   I think not, and  I have enjoyed talking with him about his beliefs.  No, we don't see eye to eye on some things but he handles it pretty tactfully, moreso than I do. I say cut him some slack. 

John, you may have a personal interest in Mornac's rather narrow minded views on some  points, but I would say that the rest of us on the forum are somewhat indifferent to what he believes.  At least he is sincere and is on the moral high ground, which I see to be a virtue.

[johnhp]

Is Mornac looking for trouble?   I think not, and  I have enjoyed talking with him about his beliefs.  No, we don't see eye to eye on some things but he handles it pretty tactfully, moreso than I do. I say cut him some slack. 

Not if you are a real Catholic, as opposed to Mornac's sectarianism.

At least he is sincere and is on the moral high ground, which I see to be a virtue.

He is neither.

[Mornac]

Catholic student 'bullied, humiliated' by teacher
Instructor 'promoted' homosexuality rather than economics class material

December 18, 2011

By Bob Unruh
© 2011 WND

A teacher's decision to promote homosexuality in class rather than teach the approved economics curriculum – and the school district's endorsement of that – soon will be hitting the court docket, as a complaint has been filed by a student subjected to the instructor's "bullying."

Officials with the Thomas More Law Center say they have filed a federal lawsuit against the Howell Public School District in Howell, Mich., and teacher Johnson "Jay" McDowell for punishing and humiliating a student after he responded to McDowell's question about homosexuality with his biblically based perspective.

"Rather than teach the required economics curriculum for which he is paid, McDowell, with the full knowledge of school officials, used his position of authority to promote his homosexual agenda at taxpayers' expense," said Richard Thompson, chief of the law center.

"This case points out the outrageous way in which homosexual activists have turned our public schools into indoctrination centers, and are seeking to eradicate all religious and moral opposition to their agenda," he said.

"It defies common sense for schools to ban all sorts of unhealthy foods while at the same time promoting the homosexual lifestyle, which hard statistics show increases drug abuse, suicides and reduces the life expectancies by several years. Schools that promote such lifestyles are engaging in a form of child abuse," he said.

The case developed, according to the complaint, when McDowell told a student to remove a Confederate flag belt buckle because he was offended by it. Daniel Glowacki, a junior, pointed out the obvious hypocrisy: that the teacher can promote a message that might be offensive to students, but students can't wear clothing that expresses a message that is offensive to the teacher.

The teacher, the head of the school's organized labor union for instructors, asked Glowacki specifically about his feelings on homosexuality, and the student responded that as a Catholic he was offended by the lifestyle choice.

The teacher then ordered Glowacki to leave the classroom under threat of suspension, the complaint states.

Homosexual activists jumped into the fray, hailing McDowell as a hero and blasting Glowacki and his family as "bigots," the law center explains. They called Glowacki's religious beliefs "hate."

"National lesbian TV host Ellen DeGeneres got in on the anti-Glowacki campaign. Daniel even became the subject of a school assembly," the organization reported.

It happened on Oct. 20, 2010, the day McDowell wore a purple homosexual-advocacy "Tyler's Army" T-shirt as part of a campaign promoted by homosexuals to highlight alleged "bullying" of homosexuals.

McDowell went even further to eradicate Christian beliefs from his classroom, asking the rest of the class members after Glowacki was ordered to leave whether they accepted homosexuality, the law center reported. Another student raised his hand and also was ordered out of the classroom.

"In this case, the teacher became the bully, and the students who opposed his homosexual agenda became his victims," the center reported.

Officials with the school district, run by Supt. R.C. Wilson, did not respond to WND's request for comment.

"Rather than teach academic courses that day, McDowell decided to spend the entire day promoting this national pro-homosexual agenda, which included showing his classes a video concerning such 'bullying,'" the law center said.

The lawsuit alleges violations by McDowell and the school of Glowacki's constitutional rights to freedom of speech and equal protection.

Robert Muise, the senior trial counsel handling the case, said, "Homosexual activists, with the willing and complicit support of public school districts and teachers' unions throughout the country, are using our public schools to foist their destructive agenda on our children, thereby creating a hostile learning environment for those students who oppose this agenda on religious and moral grounds. This case is just one example of the pernicious effect these activists are having on our students and in our community. We intend to stop it."

The center's report said, "The school district has promoted the concept that religious opposition to homosexuality is equivalent to bullying, hate speech, and homophobia in order to eradicate such opposition."

http://www.wnd.com/?pageId=378181#ixzz1gzes9zxm

[Case_Closed]

There will be a settlement of $500,000 in the student's favor for this.

The teacher will not be disciplined for a first time offender, but will be watched more carefully after they have been sent to "Sensitivity Training."

[johnhp]

Interesting that nothing in this press release from the lawfirm was mentioned about the actual issue that was being taught which was a district wide support for not discriminating or harassing students based on their gender attraction.  That is much different than "a teacher's decision to promote homosexuality".

i suggest when it all washes out the kid was sent to the office because he stated that he promoted discrimination.

[Case_Closed]

i suggest when it all washes out the kid was sent to the office because he stated that he promoted discrimination.

Perhaps the teacher shouldn't have asked him his opinion on homosexuality, then, in an economics class?