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Comments on: Woodburn, Indiana … where intolerance is the norm http://claessen.com/blog/?p=85 Sat, 28 Apr 2007 17:55:47 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 By: Paul http://claessen.com/blog/?p=85&cpage=1#comment-1404 Sat, 28 Apr 2007 16:00:45 +0000 http://paulclaessen.com/blog/?p=85#comment-1404 Oh, and according to that nutcase Fred Phelps, God doesn’t only hate fags, he hates Sweden and Canada too!
(I must assume FredGod has never heard of the Netherlands, else he would have hated that country too! Although, in the Netherlands you go to jail -offending a leader of a befriended foreign nation- for publishing something like this: does this guy have NO manners at all?)
It was, of course, to be anticipated (though not by Freddy-boy, else he would have registered it himself .. goes to show how smart this guy really is!) that a site like this would ‘air’.

]]> By: Paul http://claessen.com/blog/?p=85&cpage=1#comment-1402 Sat, 28 Apr 2007 14:58:44 +0000 http://paulclaessen.com/blog/?p=85#comment-1402 And yes, there IS a little (!) bit more to the story (as usual).

She was put on paid leave March 19, two weeks after her journalism class refused to print a new district policy in the paper making principals publishers and all material subject to review. The policy was implemented after a column from sophomore Megan Chase published in the school newspaper Jan. 19 urged tolerance of homosexuals.

Note: it was the CLASS that refused (as it is the students’ newspaper, not the school’s), NOT Mrs. Sorrell! Of course, with her strong feelings about the first ammendment it wouldn’t be a surprise if she has had an advisory role in this, but still… She HAS that right. Arguably even the obligation, to remind her students of their constitutional rights!

See link

But let’s not forget: the bottom line is that people panicked when something positively was said in reference to gays!

]]> By: Paul http://claessen.com/blog/?p=85&cpage=1#comment-1401 Sat, 28 Apr 2007 14:48:10 +0000 http://paulclaessen.com/blog/?p=85#comment-1401 “Even so outrageous that one has to wonder if there’s not more behind the story than meets the eye”

Ah, maybe this played a role too: “Sorrell is also known for not being afraid to speak up.”! Tsk tsk tsk … How DARES she!

See link for more on Amy Sorrell.

Note: Sorrell has requested a board hearing, which was granted and will be held today. May 1st the board will vote on contract termination.

If you read the above article about Mrs. Sorrell, you will probably agree that it’s extra sad that this is happening to a very good, dedicated and well-liked teacher, the kind we need MORE of, not less.

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