[TigersEye]

I gather that your respect for the truth is on a par with your respect for the law, which includes the First Amendment.

I take it from your comments that you believe the First Amendment gives teachers the right to say anything to their students. Apparently you don't believe that there should be adversarial consequences for an employeee if their actions run contrary to their prescribed purpose of employment. According to your view of things now that this person has secured employment as a public school teacher the 1st A. gives him free reign to say anything in the classroom. He can teach "the best ways please your gay lover" and parents can just stick it thanks to that pesky 1st Amendment.

[CobaltBlue]

>>I take it from your comments that you believe the First Amendment gives teachers the right to say anything to their students.<<

Of course not. I doubt that you'd make that assertion if you really understood the First Amendment.

According to newspaper reports, the purpose of the class is to provoke independent thinking about public issues and current events.

If the school doesn't want the teacher, ANY teacher, to express his or her personal point of view, that's one thing.

But they can't tell him what point of view is acceptable.