Judge upholds firing of Ohio teacher in Bible case

Americans, please, open eyes, wake up and save your originally Christian country.
Best regards from Europe

When I was a kid. I lived in a place where everybody was very religious. But, I was taught regular things like math, English, geography, history, science and the like in school. Religion was taught in Sunday school.

I would love to hear what Thomas Jefferson would have said if he could have read this story!

Indeed, there are so many apes.

Would the same thing happen to a teacher in the bible belt?

We had a class when I was in school that had 6 teachers, each from a different faith that did not force religion but explained the history of their faith and how it influenced the world around us. I have no issues with history of religion being taught as long as it is done properly. If people could understand their neighbors better then maybe we have more respect for our neighbors.

I teach in a public university. I teach the constitutional right of freedom of religion. I also point out that it only is with smaller government that freedom of religion is possible. But that is all I say about it. I do not push my own religion. (Instead I just push the value of smaller government. Academic freedom.) A government agency is supposed to be in everyone's best interest. Anything else would be discrimination.

Now the goof should pay for the expense of firing him and they should hire a Pastafasarian to replace him. All hail the F.S.M.

I am a Christian. But I ask a simple question: For those who say that the US (& Europe) was great because of Christianity and is now going under because of the lack of it, how come then that the Asians who're coming up are LARGELY Hindi, Buddhist, and communist? And yet Japan, which is largely Buddhist, is also going down - as if to be sure that the Buddhists shouldn't make similar claims. How come Africa, which is increasingly Christian is either stale or receding? I just think, we might be susceptible to simplistic or dogmatic reasoning by offering such quick but unverifiable reasons to explain what made the U,S (or Europe) a great nation (or continent). Honestly, I think there's more to what makes nations great. Otherwise, the "Christian" claim would be verifiable elsewhere.

Somebody send brenda m some Prozac.

Templar Kitteh sure does burn up the old comment section.

Do not ask why we are falling behind in this increasingly technological world.

That sort of teaching is better suited for a private school. School is where kids should learn language, math, history and science - not be indoctrinated into a teacher's religious beliefs. They may be exposed to the teacher's and other students' philosophies and belief systems and thus learn tolerance, but the person who decides whether they pass or fail should NOT have his religious book in plain view on his desk, implying that those who do not follow his faith are somehow lesser in his eyes
Pretty insensitive of that teacher, actually.

A teacher does not force his/her beliefs on any student.......being neutral is difficult...but must be done....professional!!!

People have to understand that if you allow any teacher in a public school to teach Christianity, then it opens the door for every teacher to teach whatever religion pleases them. So, any public school teacher would be able to teach Islam, Mormonism, Judaism, Jehovah's Witness, Buddhism, including devil worshiping and every other religion under the sun.

The teacher deserved being fired. Teaching Christianity and being an exhibitionist in his religion is a foul deed inconsistent with the separation of church and state. Good riddance to all teachers like him.

Reading about teachers like Mr. Freshwater makes me really appreciate my high school biology teacher, Mr. Baker, who announced at the start of the year, "I'm here to teach science, not Sunday School."

Tom. He would have fired the teacher also. If you want to learn about the Christian religion, there are churches on every corner. Also, if I wanted to learn about Christianity, I would want to learn from someone with an education in Christian theology and not some windbag teacher. Public schools have no place for the teaching of religion. Just which religion would you teach? Catholic, Baptist, Pentacostal, Methodist, Jewish, Islam, Hinduism or Buddhism? Mormon parents certainly would not want their kids being taught Baptist theology. I doubt Pentacostal parents would be happy about Buddhism being taught in the school where their kids go.

I think that preaching one's religious beliefs in class should be grounds for termination but that having a Bible in your office should not be.

The issue here is that an employee defied his employer. The employer exercised it's right to dismiss a rogue employee, it's really that simple. Employers have a legal right to dismiss employees who do not do as the employer wishes. Case closed.

Formerly US was a Christian country. But now some states such as Connecticut and some others bacame so-called Israel colonies with jewish national traditions. It seems they are going to occupy Ohio too, hence it following the blame of Christian teacher with Bible