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May 08, 2014

Some people just don't learn....

Ohio Teacher Fired over Bible Heads to Supreme Court


The Ohio public school teacher who was fired for refusing to remove religious materials from his classroom is taking his case to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Former eighth grade science teacher John Freshwater had a Bible, Christian books, and a poster of a president praying in his class. The Mount Vernon School Board dismissed him in 2011 over accusations that he preached his Christian beliefs to students.

The Ohio Supreme Court ruled last November the school district was right to fire him for refusing to remove those materials. But that court also ruled the school should not have forced him to remove his personal Bible from his desk.

Freshwater's attorney Rita Dunaway said the case's "most significant constitutional issues" still need to be resolved.

It is OK for the teacher to have his religious articles at hand, but there is no need to have posters or non-science books in a classroom used to teach science. There are other places for this, not a room dedicated to learn about the world in a scientific fashion. Some people just never learn, they think they can do what they want and that laws don't apply to them. It is great that the school removed him, if he want to teach with a religious flare, then he should teach at a private school.

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