Should Michigan Teacher Jim McDowell Have Kicked A Kid Out Of Class For Being A Free Speech Absolutist?
Jay McDowell (pictured), the Michigan high school teacher suspended for a day after removing a student from his classroom for his beliefs on gays, violated the student’s First Amendment rights, his superintendent says. Also, the boy would like everyone to know he doesn’t hate homos! Student Dan Glowacki, 16, supposedly walked into McDowell’s economics class at Howell High School and said “I do not support gay individuals.” It was Oct. 20’s Spirit Day, when everyone was encouraged to wear purple to support bullied LGBT youth, and Glowacki, a junior, was just speaking his mind! “The student was speaking out on being offended by the gay and lesbian lifestyle because it’s against his religion,” says Superintendent Ron Wilson. “The teacher said that wasn’t appropriate.” But Glowacki wants to clarify what happened. Daniel Glowacki said another student walked in the classroom wearing a belt buckle featuring the Confederate flag. After McDowell asked the student to remove the belt, Daniel Glow
Jay McDowell (pictured), the Michigan high school teacher suspended for a day after removing a student from his classroom for his beliefs on gays, violated the student’s First Amendment rights, his superintendent says. Also, the boy would like everyone to know he doesn’t hate homos! Student Dan Glowacki, 16, supposedly walked into McDowell’s economics class at Howell High School and said “I do not support gay individuals.” It was Oct. 20’s Spirit Day, when everyone was encouraged to wear purple to support bullied LGBT youth, and Glowacki, a junior, was just speaking his mind! “The student was speaking out on being offended by the gay and lesbian lifestyle because it’s against his religion,” says Superintendent Ron Wilson. “The teacher said that wasn’t appropriate.” But Glowacki wants to clarify what happened. Daniel Glowacki said another student walked in the classroom wearing a belt buckle featuring the Confederate flag. After McDowell asked the student to remove the belt, Daniel Glow
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