On May 9, 8:34 pm, Free Lunch <lu...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On Fri, 9 May 2008 16:06:19 -0700 (PDT), Sound of Trumpet
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> <soundoftrum...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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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 =93Jesus gl*****=94 obscure the truth and
suggeste=
d
> >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: =93What 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!=94 Farnan said he took
the
> >tape recorder to class to supplement his class notes.
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> >=93It was very hard for me because it=92s like basically telling me all
> >this stuff that I=92ve believed my whole entire life =97 it=92s just
> >basically trying to throw it out the window,=94 Farnan told FOX News.
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> >Farnan=92s 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=92s 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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> >=93The purpose is not to indoctrinate, but simply to provide a basic
> >starting point to provoke discussion,=94 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.
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> Why don't they put the kid through sensitivity training. He's way too
> thin-skinned for someone who believes nonsense.
This kid is typical of people who need sensitivity training, but will
do what ever it takes not to go thru it...
PDW
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