Yes. But my opinions are biased by the culture in which I have been brought up, and if I were in Yemen, I might not be able to give that same answer. If you were, you might not either.

And coming from a family of teachers (grandma, aunts, uncles, cousins, siblings, everyone), most of which live in the Chicago area, all of which are incredibly liberal... I have to say, and this is all I ever wanted to say -

a) being outspoken is fine, but being outspoken as a teacher is questionable

and b) that parents have a right to care

Not because of who he is, but because he is outspoken about a moral issue. Pastors would make bad teachers too. So would perez hilton. They might be able to teach the material just as well as anyone else, but parents are going to get worried, and that is their right.

But, I think I've had my fill of expressing my honest opinion in a way that is intended to be non-inflammatory when it disagrees with the apparent consensus. I'll just stick to glib comments from now on.

By "family" they usually mean f**king a*****es.

I think it's safe to say that biologically, emotionally, wherever you live in the world it's not acceptable or okay to have sex with a child.


Being outspoken on a subject in ones personal life is not questionable at all. Are teachers supposed to be drones who come back from school, go to bed and dream of grey?

Outspoken in his own time, not schools. Are teachers supposed to be quiet, timid souls with nothing but mainstream opinions?


Why? As long as they don't impose or teach their personal opinions and beleifs in the classroom I see no problem

Why? Can you not handle an adult debate/conversation? Unless you're only here for upvotes there's no reason why you can't or shouldn't express your opinion no matter how unpopular

I wonder if I'll have to take a class on that when I start school in January...

What this proves is that the internet has served to shrink us back to small towns and gossip has spread exponentially. Say anything on a blog and you can get fired, sued, downvoted, you name it.
Who gives an f what a math teacher does on his own time unaffiliated with his school. Its his private life and the minority that are upset about free speech need to have their jobs threatened to see what its like.

I agree with most of what you say, but.............

As a parent, not everything can fly with the, "What they do on their time is their business".

In this case I find nothing wrong with what this teacher is blogging about. But that's only because I do not find it offensive. Now if the blog included hatred or lewd behavior i.e. White Supremacy, gay bashing, or .....well I can't think of anything else, I would have an issue with said teacher teaching my children.

I believe in freedom of speach, I LOVE "Savage Love", but I also believe that if you put yourself out there as many bloggers do, you take the risk of pissing someone off.

Just like the Dixie Chicks learned, you have the right to say it, doesn't mean there aren't reprecussion from others who don't agree with you.

I also agree with mostly what you say. But for me that is what makes this country great. This guy did this independent of affiliating himself with his work. If you as a parent find what the teacher said to be in opposition of the ideals that you want your kid to learn, I believe that avenue is take the kid out of the class first. Firing someone because of your own personal belief should be the last resort. While most of us do not find what he said offensive, its always the very loud speaking minority that seem to get their way. My main point is pissing someone off does not justify getting your life ruined.

That's only because we haven't invented a notation for it yet (that I know of).