Metropolitan Detroit Freedom Coalition
1ST AMENDMENT RIGHTS
1st Amendment: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting
the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press, or the right of the
people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press, or the right of the
people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
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Another 1st Amendment Violation
A former “Teacher of the Year” in Mount Dora, Fla. has been suspended and could lose
his job after he voiced his objection to gay marriage on his private Facebook page.
Jerry Buell, a veteran American history teacher at Mount Dora High School, was
removed from his teaching duties as school officials in Lake County investigate
allegations that what he posted was biased towards homosexuals.
“We took the allegations seriously,” said Chris Patton, a communication officer with
Lake County Schools. “All teachers are bound by a code of special ethics (and) this is a
code ethics violation investigation.”
Patton said the school system received a complaint on Tuesday about something Buell
had written last July when New York legalized same sex unions. On Wednesday, he
was temporarily suspended from the classroom and reassigned.
Patton said Buell has taught in the school system for 22 years and has a spotless
record. Last year, he was selected as the high school’s “Teacher of the Year.” But now
his job is on the line because of what some have called anti-gay and homophobic
comments.
Buell told Fox News Radio that he was stunned by the accusations.
“It was my own personal comment on my own personal time on my own personal
computer in my own personal house, exercising what I believed as a social studies
teacher to be my First Amendment rights,” he said.
The school system declined to comment on the specific Facebook messages that led
to their investigation, but Buell provided Fox News Radio with a copy of the two
Facebook messages that he said landed him in trouble.
A former “Teacher of the Year” in Mount Dora, Fla. has been suspended and could lose
his job after he voiced his objection to gay marriage on his private Facebook page.
Jerry Buell, a veteran American history teacher at Mount Dora High School, was
removed from his teaching duties as school officials in Lake County investigate
allegations that what he posted was biased towards homosexuals.
“We took the allegations seriously,” said Chris Patton, a communication officer with
Lake County Schools. “All teachers are bound by a code of special ethics (and) this is a
code ethics violation investigation.”
Patton said the school system received a complaint on Tuesday about something Buell
had written last July when New York legalized same sex unions. On Wednesday, he
was temporarily suspended from the classroom and reassigned.
Patton said Buell has taught in the school system for 22 years and has a spotless
record. Last year, he was selected as the high school’s “Teacher of the Year.” But now
his job is on the line because of what some have called anti-gay and homophobic
comments.
Buell told Fox News Radio that he was stunned by the accusations.
“It was my own personal comment on my own personal time on my own personal
computer in my own personal house, exercising what I believed as a social studies
teacher to be my First Amendment rights,” he said.
The school system declined to comment on the specific Facebook messages that led
to their investigation, but Buell provided Fox News Radio with a copy of the two
Facebook messages that he said landed him in trouble.
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