Ohio Supreme Court Is Right To Uphold Firing Of Public School Teacher Who Promoted Creationism
Church-State Watchdog Group Says Science Instructor Has No Right To Proselytize In Public School Classrooms
Nov 19, 2013
The Ohio Supreme Court correctly ruled that a school district was right to fire a teacher for insubordination after he refused to stop teaching creationism and remove certain religious symbols from his classroom, says Americans United for Separation of Church and State.
In a 4-3 decision issued today, the Ohio high court said Mt. Vernon City School District had the right to fire eighth-grade science teacher John Freshwater because the First Amendment does not permit him to ignore orders from his bosses or display whatever religious items he pleases in his classroom.
“Public schools are for teaching, not preaching,” said the Rev. Barry W. Lynn, executive director of Americans United. “Freshwater not only violated that principle, he openly defied the orders of his superiors. That’s not what freedom of religion is about.”
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