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From: schwager@uiucdcs.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Homosexual teachers- a serious quest - (nf)
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Date: Tue, 17-Jul-84 22:07:00 EDT
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Nf-From: uiucdcs!schwager    Jul 17 21:07:00 1984

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uiucdcs!schwager    Jul 17 21:07:00 1984

> 
>    I have a serious question for you single netters. Do you feel that a
>  majority of parents in a particular neighborhood, have the right to 
>  remove a gay teacher from a grammer school? Why or why not?

No, no, no, no, no, no, no!  Not on something that has NO bearing on a
child's education!  Were that teacher found incompetent (sp?), or
were they a child molester- then, definitely.  But dammit, being gay
has nothing at all to do with a child's education!  Homosexuality != 
perversion (that's does NOT equal, and by "perversion" I mean the more 
colloquial [sp?] usage of the word...I don't want to get sidetracked into
a psychological discussion).  A few years ago someone very close
to me told me they were a homosexual.  Did our relationship change?
Of course not!  Why not?  Because WE didn't!  There was nothing weird
about him; I never suspected he was "different".  That's because he
basically isn't.  

>    My personal opinion is that the majority of parents in an area should
>  have the right to remove a teacher for any reason, because no.1 that
>  teacher has a profound effect upon their children and no.2 I believe
>  in majority rule (or democracy if you prefer). 
> 
>                     GEORGE
> /* ---------- */

See the above.  I think they should only be able to remove a teacher
when there's something about the teacher that would be a bad influence
or have a negative effect on the children.  If anything, I think having
a gay teacher would help the kids become more open-minded; perhaps
gays wouldn't be so maligned in the future if youngsters could see that
they're not "fairies" or "dykes", but like everybody else.  Those were
the misconceptions I and my contemporaries had concerning gays when we
grew up  (BTW, by "gays" I refer to both female and male homosexuals-
it's just that that word is more difficult to type!)
Anyhow, there it is in a nutshell.  
-mike schwager (...ihnp4!uiucdcs!schwager)