A Florida high school's "Teacher of the Year" was canned from the classroom for making homophobic remarks on Facebook, officials said.
Jerry Buell, a veteran social studies teacher at Mount Dora High School in Mount Dora, Fla., said on his Facebook page that he "almost threw up" when he read that New York legalized gay marriage last month, the Orlando Sentinel reported.
Buell also slammed the same-sex unions as a "cesspool" and called gay marriage "a sin," officials said.
Lake County school officials suspended him for violating their newly-adopted social media policy that warns teachers to think before they post.
"Social media is a minefield," Chris Patton, a school district spokesman, told the Sentinel. "People think they're free to say what they want to, but in some aspects it can come back to haunt you." More...
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Jerry Buell, a veteran social studies teacher at Mount Dora High School in Mount Dora, Fla., said on his Facebook page that he "almost threw up" when he read that New York legalized gay marriage last month, the Orlando Sentinel reported.
Buell also slammed the same-sex unions as a "cesspool" and called gay marriage "a sin," officials said.
Lake County school officials suspended him for violating their newly-adopted social media policy that warns teachers to think before they post.
"Social media is a minefield," Chris Patton, a school district spokesman, told the Sentinel. "People think they're free to say what they want to, but in some aspects it can come back to haunt you." More...
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