This Idiot Is Still Around?

Local readers may recall one John Freshwater, evangelical dipshit and former 8th grade science teacher here in central Ohio.  Two years ago, he was fired for teaching creationism, distributing religious pamphlets to his students, and displaying a Ten Commandments poster and a Bible in his classroom.  He also gained notoriety for a "science experiment" in which he branded some students with a heated wire in the shape of a cross.



Twice, he has unsuccessfully appealed his dismissal.  Even so, tomorrow the State Supreme Court will hear a third appeal.  Freshwater's case will hinge on two points:  1. The school district did not give him clear guidelines on what he was supposed to teach, and  2. His firing violates his constitutional right to free speech.

Seriously?  Even if the school district never carved a curriculum in stone, why would a science teacher believe it would be OK to teach creationism instead of, you know, science?  What if the algebra teacher suddenly decided, "Fuck the math -- these kids need to be taught English Lit"?  As for "free" speech, that does not mean any speech anywhere.  Employers have a reasonable expectation that employees will do what they were hired to do:  Barbers will cut hair, salespeople will sell their product, and teachers will teach their subject.  And they will refrain from preaching and proselytizing to the customers, let alone branding them, while on the job.  Do that shit on your own time.

Not a leg to stand on.  I can't believe the Ohio Supreme Court is wasting their time on this nonsense.

In this video, a priest schools some douchebag on the proper perspective on such issues: