On Fri, 9 May 2008 16:06:19 -0700 (PDT), Sound of Trumpet
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>www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1995777/posts
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>Student Sues 'Anti-Christian' Teacher Over Remarks in Class
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>Fox News ^ | 4/02/2008 | Anita Vogel
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>Posted on jeudi 3 avril 2008 03:40:59 by Saoirise
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>A student and his family have filed a federal lawsuit demanding that a
>popular European history teacher at California's Capistrano Valley
>High School be fired for what they say were anti-Christian remarks he
>made in the classroom.
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>Chad Farnan, a 16-year-old sophomore, says the teacher, James Corbett,
>told his students that “Jesus glasses” obscure the truth and suggested
>that Christians are more likely than other people to commit rape and
>murder.
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>Farnan recorded his teacher telling students in class: “What country
>has the highest murder rate? The South! What part of the country has
>the highest rape rate? The South! What part of the country has the
>highest rate of church attendance? The South!” Farnan said he took the
>tape recorder to class to supplement his class notes.
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>“It was very hard for me because it’s like basically telling me all
>this stuff that I’ve believed my whole entire life — it’s just
>basically trying to throw it out the window,” Farnan told FOX News.
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>Farnan’s family has filed a federal lawsuit against the Capistrano
>Unified School District, claiming Corbett's remarks violated the First
>Amendment, which prohibits laws "respecting an establishment of
>religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof." They are
>demanding that Corbett be fired.
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>Corbett’s attorney, Dan Spradlin, says his client has been teaching at
>Capistrano Valley High for 15 years and is in no way anti-Christian.
>According to Spradlin, Corbett was not trying to offend anyone but to
>inspire his students to think.
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>“The purpose is not to indoctrinate, but simply to provide a basic
>starting point to provoke discussion,” Spradlin said.
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>Farnan said he was insulted by Corbett's comments. When Farnan played
>the tapes for his mother, Teresa, she contacted Advocates for Faith
>and Freedom, a non-profit law firm that specializes in such cases, to
>seek redress.
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>The Farnans' complaint was dismissed by the school district, but they
>took their plight to federal court, where U.S. District Judge James
>Selna said he believed the case has merit and ordered it to go
>forward, probably before the end of the year.
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>The Farnans say that if the school agrees to put Corbett through
>sensitivity training and requires him to apologize to the students he
>offended, then the family would consider dropping their lawsuit. The
>school district has yet to comment on the offer.
Why don't they put the kid through sensitivity training. He's way too
thin-skinned for someone who believes nonsense.
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