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.
In an effort to find common ground I asked a liberal High School teacher out on a date, but we never got that far.. She bragged about how often she attended the marches and protests that are popping up from time to time..
I thought it would be a show of tolerance on my part to invite her our to a wonderful dinner, but she wouldn’t agree to my request to be dipped at my veterinarian before she got into my car.. Pity, it could have been interesting... :)
Kudos! So rarely can one use the word ‘pedagogical’ in today’s political or social conversation. It is one of my favorite words!
It is even more rare to find anyone who understands the word...