And that statement about the ACLJ saying that a teacher can't use her classroom as a soapbox for his or her personal beliefs? So how come we don't hear them complaining when they use it to promote global warming hysteria and homosexuality?
Typo alert: it’s the ACLU; the ACLJ is the American Center for Law and Justice, Jay Sekulow’s organization, who probably would be on the side of the students.
The ACLJ, as I'm sure you know, is the American Center for Law and Justice, a conservative group that defends against attempts to stiffle conservative and religious expression in schools and colleges.
The teacher, too, has an ethical right to free expression, but because she is in a position of authority, she must be sure all students, regardless of their views, are welcome in her class and treated fairly. Nothing in your account suggests that this wasn't the case. And it is noteworthy that she sent her (to me, nutty) e-mail message to her colleagues; she did not declaim it in class. As a legal matter, Arthur Eisenberg of the New York Civil Liberties Union cautions, "She may not turn the classroom into a soapbox for her views on matters unrelated to the curriculum."
What strikes me is how hypocritical the ACLU is. They would be first in line to denounce David Horowitz's Academic Bill of Rights if it was proposed for New York schools even though it takes an identical stance on the misuse of the university and college classrooms for ideological indoctrination.