A high school student in Fort Worth, Texas, was recently suspended for merely stating his Christian view on homosexuality

A high school student in Fort Worth, Texas, was recently suspended for merely stating his Christian view on homosexuality.

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Since 09-24-11

From: Liberty Counsel [mailto:alert@libertyaction.org]

Sent: Friday, September 23, 2011 2:58 PM

Subject: No more double standards!

From the Desk of: Mat Staver, Founder and Chairman Liberty Counsel

A new Liberty Counsel client, a high school student in Fort Worth, Texas, was recently suspended for merely stating his Christian view on homosexuality - while his teacher had posted a photo of two men kissing in the classroom, telling students that homosexuality is becoming more prevalent in the world and that they should just accept it!

This sort of double standard in public schools is intolerable! Across the nation, impressionable minds of school children are being FORCED into accepting "alternative" lifestyles and being subjected to anti-religious bigotry. While anyone with a Christian worldview can be disciplined for merely expressing their opinion, radical pro-homosexual groups are freely advancing their agendas behind public schoolhouse doors!

Liberty Counsel is aggressively defending the rightsof students, teachers, administrators, and others who are literally being persecuted for their Christian beliefs and viewpoints as pro-homosexual groups subvert our Constitution! Please read my vitally important message below - Mat.

This Tuesday, high school freshman Dakota Ary was given in- school suspension for stating in class that he believes homosexuality is wrong because of his Christian faith.

Liberty Counsel is representing Dakota in this case, demanding full vindication and a full retraction of the suspension. If the school board does not comply, a lawsuit will be filed for violation of Dakota's First Amendment rights.

The teacher charged Dakota with "possible bullying" and indicated, "It is wrong to make such a statement in public school." Meanwhile, Dakota's teacher had displayed a picture of two men kissing on an in-class "World Wall" and told the students that homosexuality is becoming more prevalent in the world and that they should just accept it.

++"Accept it"?

Liberty Counsel will not tolerate this outrage! We recently defended Teacher of the Year Jerry Buell in central Florida after he was suspended for a comment he made outside of class on his personal Facebook page, expressing his disapproval of legalized homosexual marriage in the state of New York. After Liberty Counsel's vigorous intervention and a week- long "investigation," the Lake County School Board fully exonerated and reinstated Buell!

Buell's attorney, Senior Litigation Counsel Harry Mihet, commented on the new case in Texas: The double standard advocated by homosexual activists is mindboggling. Jerry Buell was suspended for opposing same-sex "marriage" outside of class. This teacher in Texas is actually bullying his students into accepting the homosexual lifestyle inside the class, and yet it is his student, not him, that gets suspended. We will vigorously defend and restore Dakota's constitutiona rights.

++Our cases in Florida and Texas are not just isolated incidents. The tragic fact is that leftists are stealthily indoctrinating our children and grandchildren. The pro- homosexual agenda is being advanced in school systems all across this country due to overt manipulation and threats from powerful, well-funded radical groups like the ACLU, Lambda Legal Defense Fund, the so-called Human Rights Campaign, and other associations formed by activists to bully our culture into accepting their perverse lifestyle as "normal." Tragically, many Americans feel at a loss as to how they can confront these issues head on.

Because you have already signed Liberty Counsel's Statement on Religious Freedom in Public Schools, your free copy of the "Patriot's Handbook of Religious Freedom in Public Schools" will be arriving to you in the next couple of weeks. But, Jwould you consider going one step further? Would you sponsor another family, teacher, or school administrator to receive a free copy of "The Patriot's Handbook of Religious Freedom in Public Schools?"

As you know, I believe this valuable resource belongs in every home, school and library in the nation. Your gift will make it possible for Liberty Counsel to do a mass distribution of these books to recipients all across our great country.

Please click here to make a gift or place a bulk order of these books for you to distribute: http://www.libertyaction.org/r.asp?U=50854&CID=337&RID=32548836

++ This is our call to action! As expected, now that the new school year has started, Liberty Counsel's caseload is growing exponentially!

As Harry said earlier, I know restate for emphasis: "We will vigorously defend and restore Dakota's constitutional rights"! In fact, Liberty Counsel will vigorously defend Dakota, Jerry Buell, and the civil rights of anyone else being trampled on by leftists and anti-religious organizations like the ACLU. We will not tolerate their bullying of school systems, students, teachers, educators, and parents through unlawful "consent decrees," intimidation, and blatant misrepresentation.

Tragically, this is the disturbing pattern of things to come, unless concerned citizens take action! Knowing and understanding our rights is a crucially important first step.

I believe "The Patriot's Handbook of Religious Freedom in Public Schools" will help educate teachers, parents, students, and other Americans about their constitutionally guaranteed civil rights.

In fact, we want to distribute hundreds of thousands of copies of this valuable resource to school systems, educators, students, and citizens nationwide.

Please consider making a special gift to Liberty Counsel to help us distribute these handbooks nationally - and aggressively defend students like Dakota and teachers like Jerry. Click here to help: http://www.libertyaction.org/r.asp?U=50855&CID=337&RID=32548836 God bless you,

Mathew D. Staver, Founder and Chairman Liberty Counsel

P.S. Thank you for signing Liberty Counsel's Statement on Religious Freedom in Public Schools. Your free copy of the "Patriot's Handbook of Religious Freedom in Public Schools" will soon be in your hands. I pray you will consider sponsoring others by enabling Liberty Counsel to distribute tens of thousands of copies of this valuable resource nationwide. Click here to help: http://www.libertyaction.org/r.asp?U=50856&CID=337&RID=32548836

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