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Judge rules in favor of student thrown out of class for saying he doesn’t support gay lifestyle
LifeSiteNews ^ | 7-16-13 | Thaddeus Baklinski

Posted on 07/17/2013 5:38:44 PM PDT by ReformationFan

A judge has ruled in favor of a student who sued after he was thrown out of class by a gay activist teacher for expressing his religious beliefs against the homosexual lifestyle.

Federal District Judge Patrick J. Duggan of the Eastern District of Michigan declared the teacher’s actions in punishing Daniel Glowacki violated his First Amendment Rights.

"While the Court certainly recognizes that schools are empowered to regulate speech to prevent students from invading the rights of other students, people do not have a legal right to prevent criticism of their beliefs or for that matter their way of life," Judge Duggan stated in his decision.

"Simply put, the law does not establish a generalized hurt feelings defense to a high school’s violation of the First Amendment rights of its students."

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TOPICS: Catholic; Current Events; Moral Issues; Religion & Culture
KEYWORDS: 1stamendment; abortion; danielglowacki; deathpanels; goodnews; homonaziagenda; homosexualagenda; michigan; moralabsolutes; obamacare; religiousliberty; romancatholic; zerocare
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Some good news(relatively speaking) for today although Daniel Glowacki never should've had to endure this treatment in the first place.
1 posted on 07/17/2013 5:38:44 PM PDT by ReformationFan
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Precedent ...?


2 posted on 07/17/2013 5:43:16 PM PDT by IronJack (=)
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Good for Daniel, but was the Nazi teacher fired?


3 posted on 07/17/2013 5:44:40 PM PDT by wideawake
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Good. Now bankrupt this idiot “teacher” and the district that hired him.


4 posted on 07/17/2013 5:45:17 PM PDT by Lurker (Violence is rarely the answer. But when it is it is the only answer.)
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Good for Daniel Glowacki and this sane federal judge.


5 posted on 07/17/2013 5:45:59 PM PDT by jazusamo ("I am so old that I can remember when most of the people promoting race hate were white." T. Sowell)
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There is hope. There is, there really is. Well until some asshat judge up the line over-rules.


6 posted on 07/17/2013 5:49:50 PM PDT by rktman (Inergalactic background checks? King hussein you're first up.)
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Good!


7 posted on 07/17/2013 5:52:30 PM PDT by Thorliveshere (Tais deau sá taghdedaul!)
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from what I’ve seen, the kid got lucky


8 posted on 07/17/2013 5:54:06 PM PDT by dontreadthis
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So has the school be renamed after him?


9 posted on 07/17/2013 5:55:17 PM PDT by phormer phrog phlyer
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To: ReformationFan
If someone is offended by my beliefs on homosexuality, I tell them "Your issue is not with me. Your issue is with God. His Bible says this. I'm just quoting it or paraphrasing it. If that offends you, take that up with God. Tell Him what a homophobe He is. Tell Him that He engages in 'hate speech'. Go ahead. Blaspheme away."
10 posted on 07/17/2013 5:55:41 PM PDT by OrangeHoof (Howdy to all you government agents spying on me.)
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Duggan is an old school Reagan appointee who obviously still thinks we have a First Amendment. Good for him.


11 posted on 07/17/2013 5:56:33 PM PDT by colorado tanker
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pretty bold of the teacher in the first place...I wonder what led him to believe he could such a thing to a student...???


12 posted on 07/17/2013 5:57:56 PM PDT by BCW (Book - http://babylonscovertwar.com/index.html)
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It'd be nice to think this idiot teacher paid all costs for Daniel's ordeal and the renaming of the school but it's unlikely.
13 posted on 07/17/2013 5:58:47 PM PDT by jazusamo ("I am so old that I can remember when most of the people promoting race hate were white." T. Sowell)
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That’s how it should be...FIGHT BACK!


14 posted on 07/17/2013 5:59:21 PM PDT by max americana (fired liberals in our company after the election, & laughed while they cried (true story))
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I’m sure the Obama/Holder JUSTUS Dept will get right on this one. /s


15 posted on 07/17/2013 6:02:21 PM PDT by TADSLOS (The Event Horizon has come and gone. Buckle up and hang on.)
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A judge has ruled in favor of a student who sued after he was thrown out of class by a gay activist teacher for expressing his religious beliefs against the homosexual lifestyle.

Federal District Judge Patrick J. Duggan of the Eastern District of Michigan declared the teacher’s actions in punishing Daniel Glowacki violated his First Amendment Rights.

Thank you Judge Duggan...Who appointed him to the bench? He sounds sensible!!

16 posted on 07/17/2013 6:07:16 PM PDT by ExCTCitizen (Ben Carson/Rand Paul in 2016)
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Is this Michiganistan? How about when a Muslim says something politically incorrect?


17 posted on 07/17/2013 6:07:25 PM PDT by Mamzelle
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McDowell initiated a discussion about homosexuality when, after telling a female student he was offended by her confederate flag belt buckle and ordering her to remove it, he went on to explain the purple “Tyler’s army” shirt he was wearing was meant to promote tolerance of homosexuality.

The court heard that the teacher specifically asked Daniel about his feelings on homosexuals. When the boy responded that as a Catholic he was offended by the gay and lesbian lifestyle, Daniel was ordered to leave the classroom under threat of suspension.

In other words, the teacher deliberately provoked a confrontation, utterly unrelated to any legitimate pedagogical goal, and then threw the student out when his beliefs were unacceptable.

Nothing will happen to the "teacher," of course, but at least the boy realizes what life is like, now.

18 posted on 07/17/2013 6:09:38 PM PDT by Tax-chick (No pun intended, no punishment ... If I offended you, you needed it.)
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"While the Court certainly recognizes that schools are empowered to regulate speech to prevent students from invading the rights of other students,...

What?

I'm sorry, to me this is like saying there really is no right to free speech. If what you say offends someone - anyone - you no longer have the right to say it.

Sorry judge, my right to free speech is not given to me by you, it's a God given right that you do not have the power to rescind.

19 posted on 07/17/2013 6:13:24 PM PDT by jeffc (The U.S. media are our enemy)
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The judge didn’t say, “to keep from offending others”; he said, “to prevent ... invading the rights of other students.” Then he specifically said that he did not recognize a “right” to not hear something you didn’t like.

I assume what he had in mind was “invading” another student’s “right” to learn the subjects being taught in school. For example, if one student spend the entire class period screaming obscenities at everyone else, that prevents the educational mission of the school from progressing. In that situation, I think everyone would agree the student should be removed.


20 posted on 07/17/2013 6:17:04 PM PDT by Tax-chick (No pun intended, no punishment ... If I offended you, you needed it.)
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