A middle school teacher in North Carolina has been suspended and could possibly be fired for saying on Facebook that a student who anonymously left a Bible on her desk is guilty of a hate crime. Because the Bible is so full of hate right!
The Bible, given anonymously, was accompanied by a Christmas card with the word Christ underlined, the Raleigh News & Observer reported. Melissa Hussain's Facebook page does not reveal her own religious beliefs, but she did express annoyance at students in her middle-school class trying to convert her.
Some of the most provocative comments on the page were made by others, including someone who talked about "ignorant Southern rednecks" and another who suggested Hussain bring in a poster of NASCAR star Dale Earnhardt Jr. with a swastika on his forehead.
The suspension has sparked the creation of a Please Support Melissa Hussain fan page that boasts some of the most idiotic and hypocritical buffoonery I've ever seen.
The group's headline reads "please support melissa hussain and fight against religious harassment and intolerance in north carolina!"
The description is a little less nice: Melissa Hussain is the victim of right-wing fundamentalist bigotry/intolerance/ignorance and the school supported violation of church and state separation in North Carolina. Her personal beliefs and privacy have come into question for simply defending herself against the attacks of religious zealots and disruptive students. She is the victim of a Christian witch-hunt and deserves our full support in any action she takes against the parents of these disrespectful students and/or the spineless schoolboard which tolerates such criminal behavior.Oh really? Ok, let's analyze this.
First off, the supposed "separation of church and state" when it comes to public schools regards the exclusion of religion from school curriculum, not the personal behavior or religious beliefs of individual students. A student has every right to bring a Bible, Koran, Torah, or any other type of religious material to school if they please. Leaving a Bible with a Christmas card emphasizing the word CHRIST is not a hate crime. Distasteful, if meant in a disrespectful and demeaning way towards her atheism (or possibly Islam, if you look at her last name) but not a hate crime or "criminal behavior".
Second, all the cliche liberal mumbo jumbo in red above is flawed in every way. Now I don't know what went on in this classroom. Maybe the students were being disrespectful and if they were, shame on them. But to say that students expressing their Christianity in class is "right wing fundamentalist bigotry/intolerance/ignorance" is a bit intolerant in itself, wouldn't you say? The left is always the same. Tolerance, only for their views.
I don't think this teacher should be fired because if I did that would make me just as whiny and sensitive as the libs on the other side. I do think she overreacted with her "hate crime" comment. Just give them a detention if they persist. Case closed. And to those who created this Facebook group, change your diaper because you're stinking up America.
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