IL Teacher Suspended For Assigning Article On Homosexuality In Animals

[Shana A]

IL Teacher Suspended For Assigning Article On Homosexuality In Animals
By Logan Murphy Saturday Oct 31, 2009 5:00pm

http://crooksandliars.com/logan-murphy/il-teacher-suspended-assigning-articl

Bigotry is not a natural instinct, it is taught. Homosexuality is as natural as the sun in the sky, but ignorant, hateful people will never accept that fact. The suspension of this high school teacher in Piasa, Illinois is a perfect example of how this hatred and ignorance infests the minds of our children:

    Yesterday, Mr. Delong, a 10th and 12th grade Honors English teacher in Piasa, IL was suspended for assigning an article about homosexuality in the animal kingdom to his students. Should teachers ask their students to read about controversial topics? Should we allow parents veto power over the curriculum

[Julie Marie]

Bigotry is not a natural instinct, it is taught.

If nothing else, I guess the kids will realize this is the lesson taught.

Maybe the right wing faction that keeps saying homosexuality is unnatural, and looks to the animal kingdom to prove them right, (anyone educated on this knows it's wrong...) decided to quash this so they could keep the mainstream in the dark.  Imagine what would happen if it was common knowledge that over 1500 animal species have naturally occurring homosexuality!  Someone might think these right wingers are bigots! 

Julie

[LordKAT]

I think it is a teachers duty to help kids learn to think for themselves as we as learn from what has happened in the past. Controversial articles, when allowed to be judged on there own merit, teach kids to think and make up their own minds. I want people to be leaders with opinions gained from understanding not from previous rhetoric.


Oh what do I know?