Homo Oct 21, 2010 at 4:08 pm

Student Teacher Seth Stambaugh Reinstated At Beaverton Elementary School!

Sarah Mirk
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Outstanding news! Kudos to BRO for stepping in and helping to resolve this issue.

Peter Cunningham
Executive Director
Equity Foundation
pscexport on October 21, 2010 at 4:37 PM Report this
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Book deal in 3... 2... 1...
cat & beard on October 21, 2010 at 5:20 PM Report this
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Thank goodness!
anomalily on October 21, 2010 at 5:26 PM Report this
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No one else worried for his safety whilst out alone at night now in that town?
BruceWang on October 21, 2010 at 8:27 PM Report this
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In the past, I saw comments from people saying "I wish a teacher would chime in on this." Well, I am a teacher in Washington County, and Seth saying it was illegal for him to get married is perfectly acceptable. I know teachers who disclose WAY more than that, big deal. So the class was EDUCATED, albeit briefly. Luckily, Seth was reinstated. Now the asshole parents in the class can remove their kids from the class and EDUCATE their future rednecks.
teacherman on October 21, 2010 at 8:33 PM Report this
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So glad to hear that Seth has his job back, and hopefully something has been gained about discrimination against people who are gay, and how wrong discrimination is.
angieprasch on October 24, 2010 at 8:14 PM Report this
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do elementary students really need to know about gay marriage?i am sure he is a wonderful teacher,but come on?he should have been reprimanded.if he gets fired,here it comes!because i m gay,you are a homophobe,etc.calls the cochran group,out comes the lawyers.i have no problem with this man being gay.i have a problem with students of that age being influenced by his personal socila and political views.the classroom is not the proper forum!
sampson159 on October 25, 2010 at 5:20 AM Report this
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If only being black was something universally hated, but able to be hidden, as being gay is, and people would turn on you the second they knew... the classroom also probably isn't the proper forum to argue the superiority of a particular religion either, yet I got christian lectures from teachers at my old hick school (Rock Hill High School in Pedro, Ohio). My science teacher gave us a "disclaimer" before going into the bit of our textbooks that dealt with Evolution... my Health teacher showed the whole class a VHS video about abortion, possibly breeding the next generation of doctor killers. Did they not deserve the same reprimanding? 30 years from now Gay Marriage will be as offensive to the general populous as INTERRACIAL marriage...
on October 25, 2010 at 10:09 PM Report this
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He could have been like everyone else, gay or straight, by simply stating that he was not married and leaving it at that. If he had used that approach he would not have had to get his job back. He would have already never lost it in the first place. Do you think that a straight man is going to answer ā€œno, Iā€™m not marriedā€ and explain why? No. Most kids just want to know that you are married or not and thatā€™s it!

Clay Boggess
http://www.BigEventFundraising.com
Clay Boggess on October 26, 2010 at 4:36 AM Report this

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