I'm betting that the ACLU is supporting the teacher

This is a spurious lawsuit, and part of what's wrong with America. Where were the student's rights violated? The right not to be offended does not exist in the Constitution.

I know you're just reporting this one, KFC, but here's my take. If my children were in this classroom, I would pull them from the school and make sure administration knew why. But as appalling as this man's speech was, he has a right to it until/unless the school chooses to act. And if enough parents pull their children, believe me, the school will act.

I'm wondering where the church went from the point where Christ told us to expect persecution to feeling that we deserve remuneration for being offended.

I'm wondering where the church went from the point where Christ told us to expect persecution to feeling that we deserve remuneration for being offended.

Bingo. I thought you were supposed to defend the faith, not pay attorneys to defend your face.

the right of seperation of church and state.


the teacher was promoting non religion over religion(christianity)


the kid got a tape of what the teacher said. it was played on bill oreilly.

the teacher was stomping on religion and mentioned christians as an example.

and according to the student the teacher does this everyday in class for thirty minutes.

sometimes you have to fight back. as christ did at the temple.


but your right about the money part of it.

This is a spurious lawsuit, and part of what's wrong with America. Where were the student's rights violated?

Bingo. I thought you were supposed to defend the faith, not pay attorneys to defend your face

Amazing !!!!

A history teacher .... TEACHER .... teaches students that " churchgoers are more likely to commit rape and murder" and he has the right to do that? is that "History"?

what if another teacher was teaching them that Christians are more likely to be honest and good than others? is that ok too?

Are you guys for real and serious?????

are these some kind of sarcastic comments? i sure hope so.

A teacher attacking a religion on Gov property is not an offense while one promoting a religion on Gov property is?

not at the moment.

in the meantime check out 'advocates for faith and freedom' website (actually there's only one advocate so i'm not sure why the plural form). too bad he's not based in the uk cuz he's definitely a solicitor--as evidenced by the very prominent solicitations for donations that jump off the page at visitors.

clearly he's bettin faith n freedom are gonna be berry berry good for him.

I agree, it's a sad day when teachers feel like it's their job to "save" students from their religious ways.

While the child shouldn't have to sit there for a half hour a day and take that kind of crap from the teacher, I'm wondering a few things. Did the student talk to the teacher about it? Did the parents? Did they talk to the principal? In other words, did they try to work with the teacher and school before bringing lawyers into it?

If the teacher has an agenda other than teaching history, that needs to be addressed. However, the courts are the absolute last place this situation belongs.

according to another student at the school:

"The quotes are taken out of context. For example when he said "take off your Jesus glasses" he was in the middle of a lecture connecting the fact the monarchies blinded their citizens from confronting injustices with the the church and religion."

sounds revolutionary to me. american revolutionary, that is.

no



no but other parents have

this is a teacher in a high school in california. telling his current students to take off the jesus glasses.

sorry i mis the point of this being about church and state blinding people. or why he has to do this for 30 minutes a day.

he had better be glad i wasn't in his class i wouldn't have used a tape recorder i would have been in the principals office changing classes or in the hallway protesting.

according to the la times:

"Teresa Farnan said her suspicions were aroused on the first day of school when her son -- a sophomore honors student required to take Corbett's class for college admission -- asked her whether America was founded on Christian values, which he said his teacher had denied.

"He had learned in the eighth grade that our country was founded by persecuted Christians," said the mother, who describes her family as nondenominational Christian, "so I sent him to school with a tape recorder."

During the next two months, Chad Farnan said, he taped Corbett's lectures with the recorder in plain sight on his backpack.

"I'm not sure whether he saw me," the student said. "He's against Christianity and bashes it all the time. He's been indoctrinating us and not teaching the class; we don't need to be hearing his political views during school time when we should be learning."

first off, mom is either confused or tweaking the truth. the class is a voluntary advanced placement course.

secondly, the kid shoulda paid more attention in eighth grade. while the pilgrims may have come to the new world to escape persecution, they weren't the country's founders. which of the founding fathers was persecuted for being christian? i can think of several who seemed more than a lil concerned about the consequences of proclaiming themselves non-christians.

it was part of a single lecture according to that other student--not 30 minutes a day.

i don't doubt for a second you miss the point. nothin new there.

perhaps it'll become a bit more evident if you were to spend a lil time researching 'divine right' + 'monarchy' in wikipedia.

100% of advanced placement course instructors are undoubtably glad you weren't in their classes.

not that there was any chance of it happening.

most of the groups to leave england left because they were not worshiping the right brand of christianity.


so all/most of the 13 colonies were set up for the different brands of christianity to live with their own.