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Public School Principal Berates Christian Student; Calls the Bible a “Work of Fiction” and says
constitution.com ^ | April 28, 2017 | Onan Coca

Posted on 04/29/2017 9:26:32 AM PDT by lowbridge

Zach Ruff is an assistant principal in Downington, Pennsylvania and he really doesn’t like people who are pro-life, or Christian. Like, not at all.

On Wednesday, one of Ruff’s students, 16-year old Conner Haines, decided to express his opinion that abortion was wrong on the PUBLIC sidewalk that runs in front of his High School. Conner was joined by his 19-year old sister and the two held pro-life signs while telling passers-by that abortion was a murder but that they could find forgiveness in Jesus. Soon after they began their completely legal demonstration, Ruff appeared and the situation immediately grew ugly.

When Ruff arrives on the scene he tells them that they must leave or he will call the police. When young Conner replies that the sidewalk is public property and that he has every right to be there and then encourages Ruff to contact the police, Ruff turns to acting as a living wall and stands between the young protester and those passing by.

When Conner tells Ruff that the babies being aborted are “image bearers” of God, the principal tells the young man that he “can go to hell, where they are, too.” Think about that, a public school official just told one of his students that he can “go to hell” while also insinuating that the murdered children are also in hell. Does that sound like the kind of thing a man in his position should say? Does this sound like the kind of man that should be in authority over our children?

The two eventually debate the personhood of the unborn children with Ruff arguing that preborn babies aren’t children, they’re just “cells.” Ruff then adds that Conner is at a “science” based school, so he should believe in science.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: abortion; antichristianbigotry; arth; bible; bullying; christianstudents; downingtown; education; freedomofspeech; hatespeech; homeschool; intolerance; leftismoncampus; liberalagenda; pennsylvania; principal; teens; tolerance; viceprincipal; zachruff
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To: Olog-hai

They all look so much alike... liberal white men, I mean. They all have that non-color hair, those beady eyes, those eye glasses, those lifted brows... most of them now sport beards or goatees... it’s a look. Most of them are skinny, although this one’s a little bloated. But it’s weird how much they look alike.


81 posted on 04/29/2017 11:00:17 AM PDT by A_perfect_lady
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To: caww

Good.

That video was remarkably difficult to watch.

Jaw dropping that man is allowed to interact with children in any kind of authoritative capacity.


82 posted on 04/29/2017 11:09:54 AM PDT by Eddie01
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To: lowbridge

Interesting the narcissism. This peincipal is fiction to me, not Christ.

Proof is that his a$$ hole behavior matches exactly what Christ endured, and that makes Him so much more real to me.

Liberals just do not get it, that the more they attack Him and me, the more vivid He becomes and He is reminded to me at times I would forget Him.


83 posted on 04/29/2017 11:16:06 AM PDT by lavaroise
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To: Eddie01

Gays have their choices of where they work...unfortunately far too many of them around children...


84 posted on 04/29/2017 11:18:14 AM PDT by caww
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To: Eddie01

Jaw dropping that man is allowed to interact with children in any kind of authoritative capacity.

indeed; imagine, a grown adult lacking the self control to refrain from f-bombing his own charges, or be confident enough to not ridicule their religious and political leanings...what could possibly go wrong...?


85 posted on 04/29/2017 11:21:04 AM PDT by IrishBrigade
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To: lowbridge

So all those actual historical locations in the bible do not exist ? They are fiction ? Head in the sand alert.


86 posted on 04/29/2017 11:26:48 AM PDT by justa-hairyape (The user name is sarcastic. Although at times it may not appear that way.)
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To: TLI

I never saw the video or read the whole story. However when I read a few of the quotes I knew it came from a diseased mind-Gay being the likely disease, I guessed gay. It’s like the hit and run driver thing: We’d all have at least a nano second of the fight or flight syndrome but few could leave a possibly dying person out there on the street. Those who do...in THEM you will find SOMETHING. Some perversion, some pathology, some kind of hidden or not so hidden thing.


87 posted on 04/29/2017 11:39:29 AM PDT by TalBlack (Evil doesn't have a day job....)
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To: HiTech RedNeck

They’re ALL swinging Batchelors. I have a bridge in Brooklyn for anyone who thinks two sexually obsessed deviants would or even could “forsake all others”. THAT ain’t the way obsession works.


88 posted on 04/29/2017 11:43:14 AM PDT by TalBlack (Evil doesn't have a day job....)
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To: lowbridge; All
The two eventually debate the personhood of the unborn children with Ruff arguing that preborn babies aren’t children, they’re just “cells.” Ruff then adds that Conner is at a “science”-based school, so he should believe in science. …
Asking for belief in science means to regard it in the same sphere as a religion. But that approach to both has been tried before:
“Atheism is a natural and inseparable part of Marxism, of the theory and practice of scientific socialism.”

— Lenin

89 posted on 04/29/2017 11:44:38 AM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: lowbridge

Those high school kids all have better cars than i do.
Must be a wealthy town.

PS
The vice principle is a raving lunatic.


90 posted on 04/29/2017 11:51:33 AM PDT by mowowie
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To: Axenolith

He is wearing around his neck, the official tag holder neck piece (can’t think of the name of those things) from Downingtown School District. Those are worn while on duty, on school grounds. I wonder if he is actually on school grounds. Hmmm....


91 posted on 04/29/2017 12:23:48 PM PDT by Kalamata
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To: caww

Verbal assault using unprofessional, inappropriate language, attempted theft of someone else’s property, making a physical aggressive move toward the boy.... Surely at least one of these breaks some kind of law?


92 posted on 04/29/2017 12:28:47 PM PDT by Kalamata
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To: caww

Also, what is that hand sign he is making with his fingers, and pointing at his intended target? Seems like a physical intimidation tactic.


93 posted on 04/29/2017 12:30:42 PM PDT by Kalamata
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To: lowbridge

He’d be the first one screaming in support if it were a couple of kids protesting a local bakery for not supporting fruit marriage. STEM teacher? Maybe he can run a lab proving that the male rectum can not serve as a surrogate vagina.


94 posted on 04/29/2017 12:54:13 PM PDT by Archie Bunker on steroids
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To: lowbridge; Da Coyote; stars & stripes forever; justa-hairyape; lavaroise; ...
ABuxsive Asst. P{rincipal Zach Rugg should be fired.

Let's not just "opine" about this. Let's make it happen.

You can reach the Downington STEM Academy by mail or by phone:

335 Manor Avenue, Downingtown, PA 19335

Phone: (610)269-8460; 7200 Fax: (484)694-5590

Also, you can contact Downington’s Headmaster, Art Campbell directly:

Phone: (610)269-8460; 7201

Email: artcampbell@dasd.org

BE BRIEF. BE POLITE. AND BE SURE YOU PASS THE WORD.


95 posted on 04/29/2017 1:15:35 PM PDT by Mrs. Don-o ("God bless the child that's got his own." -- Billie Holiday)
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To: Kalamata
What is that hand sign he is making with his fingers, and pointing at his intended target? Seems like a physical intimidation tactic.

Correct.

Some kind of pagan hand symbol used by punk gang members and similar demon-haunted characters.

Shows they either identify with the Satanic realm or are trying to ward off powerful influences attacking them.


96 posted on 04/29/2017 1:17:48 PM PDT by henbane
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To: Mrs. Don-o

Lord grant wisdom here.

We’re not here to police his bedroom. We are here to stop using his school position to spread filth and oppress children.


97 posted on 04/29/2017 1:23:39 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: metmom

Another Reason to Homeschool.

I bet this principal wouldn’t berate a Koran.


98 posted on 04/29/2017 1:26:44 PM PDT by wintertime (Stop treating government teachers like they are reincarnated Mother Teresas!)
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Dear Headmaster Campbell,

I was just reading about the confrontation between Zach Ruff and the student who was lawfully exercising his Free-Speech rights on a public sidewalk. It seems to be that Mr. Ruff has demonstrated a temperament which makes him unsuitable for his present position. No adult who has to deal with students should be so easily inflamed to unreasoning wrath.

I imagine you've gotten a lot of feedback on this, most of it bad. Having to deal with all the unfavorable publicity surely puts you in an unenviable position.

It is predictable that a man of Mr. Ruff's character and disposition is likely to repeat this incident-provoking behavior. My own opinion is, he needs to be replaced before he lashes out again and he causes lasting damage to your School District and your school.

Sincerely,

[signature]
retired teacher

99 posted on 04/29/2017 1:26:47 PM PDT by Mrs. Don-o ("God bless the child that's got his own." -- Billie Holiday)
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To: HiTech RedNeck
Hi, Hi-Tech,

See #99

You'll notice I made no reference to Mr. Ruff's sexuality.

100 posted on 04/29/2017 1:29:05 PM PDT by Mrs. Don-o ("God bless the child that's got his own." -- Billie Holiday)
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