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Jesus Glasses and Bloggers For Chad Farnan
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by TheBigRuski | December 27, 2007 at 08:33 am
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Supported by an incriminating tape, an Orange County, Calif. high school sophomore and his parents are suing a teacher for alleged Christian bashing. A blogger is asking bloggers to unite in support of the student, Chad Farnan.
Much like Rosa Parks, Chad Farnan sat in the back of the bus too many times. Only with Farnan, it’s not about a bus, such as the ones during Parks’ era in which blacks were told they could only sit in the back seats.
For Farnan, he sits in a high school history class where he is told by his teacher for more days than he cared to tolerate that Christians and Christians like himself were ignorant. Farnan doesn’t want to sit in a classroom anymore where he is required to listen to Christian bashing…so he and his parents are suing the Capistrano Valley Unified School District.
Farnan’s allegations are backed up by a tape he recorded of the teacher. In part of the tape the teacher says:
When you put on your Jesus glasses, you can’t see the truth.
The teacher, James Corbett, is popular enough that an estimated 200 people gathered one morning to show their support for him. Only a handful of Farnan supporters showed up that morning to partake in what some say was a vigil.
I find it interesting how strong Corbett and his supporters are in their conviction that the teacher was simply provoking thought. Funny how it’s nearly impossible to provoke thought about Jesus in a public classroom or in a public just-about-anything-else...READ MORE
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at 15:48 on April 3rd, 2008
TheBigRuski, a first when I heard this story I thought this man was provoking discussion in his classroom. I like provocative methods to get kids involved in discussion. When I heard that there was 22 hours of tape and heard some of it. I realized this is more than trying to get kids involved the process. He seems to have a real problem with Christian
at 14:58 on May 4th, 2009
Chad Farnan should be ashamed of himself for killing the freedom of speech in the name of his hurting little feelings.
The teacher has every right to express his opinions, so long as it is not going against his contract with the school.
If you don't like the school you can always leave - you have no right to silence a man's opinions.
All this kid wants is to have HIS voice the last one, he wants popularity and to feel righteous - and bullying someone else using the law is his means.
at 06:50 on May 5th, 2009
Funny how when liberals attack someone, even Jesus Christ, it is "thought provoking" but when conservatives or others who aren't liberals it is "hate speech". Liberals are the biggest hypocrites this world has even known. Each and every one of you are growing closer and closer to judgment day by the second. It isn't too late to stop being idiots.
at 14:21 on May 5th, 2009
It is a technical fact that using religious beliefs to understand the natural world or natural history or natural sciences, one will necessarily obscure the facts through a subjective lens. It is not bashing to state the truth in a humorous way.