Town split over teacher who burned crosses into students’ arms
Posted: July 8th, 2008 | Author: Ryan Harkness | Filed under: Religion, Politics |Demonstrations on the town square show how divided people are over the school board’s decision to fire a science teacher accused of preaching his Christian beliefs in the classroom and burning crosses on students’ arms.
John Freshwater, 52, was fired last month after an outside consulting firm released a report concluding that he taught creationism and was insubordinate in failing to remove a Bible and other religious materials from his classroom at Mount Vernon Middle School.
Some residents consider him a courageous fighter for religious freedom. Others say he has brazenly violated the church-state divide.
Misguided person does something stupid. Story at 11.
so if he just burned smiley faces or stars or just burned their arms in general would they be so divided?
I mean, that’s pretty physical violence there. Teachers get fired for even touching their students inappropriately, I think touching them with fire is considered inappropriate.