To betteroffhere;
You obviously don't understand the way separation of Church and State works. The second Jerry Buell put in his syllabus that he teaches God's truth he was in trouble. When he said he wouldn't change that pretty much guaranteed he couldn't teach in public schools. Separation of Church and State does not mean that you can't be a Christian and teach, it means that you can't be a Christian teacher and preach in the classroom. Jerry Buell pretty much broadcast that he would be using his classroom as his pulpit. You can't do that.
I have issues with the idea you can't have a Bible in your classroom - mainly because complaints only seem to occur when it is the Bible, not when it's the Qu'Ran or other religious teachings. But you very definitely can't preach in the classroom of a public school. If you are going to consider the classroom your mission field, you need to go teach in the mission field, or let your life do your preaching for you.
yes...he over stepped his position when declaring he teaches god's truth...violated laws...i'm not so sure...
and i'll tie that in with whats in italics...."pretty much"...
the statement in and of itself makes no claims...there was no direct claim made to a specific god...
he did not endorse one god over another...he mearly provided an example of what rules he governs his life by....
he did not say he intended to instruct students about god...he did not say his intentions were to use the school classroom
as his pulpit...he didn't say he would ridicule gay students...or athestic stundents...wtf...why the leaps and jumps...
i must note here : i have not been to his facebook nor viewed any video on youtube...
so he may have said something i can't reasonably defend....which would piss me the fuck off...
after investing in this dialogue...
but...if you can show me where he said he was going to use his power as a teacher in his classroom to use it as a pulpit or recuitment center...
i'd say hell yeah...fire that fuck !!!!
except...i don't think you can show me that...
and the best you can do...is imply...with stuff like...."pretty much"
your turn !
