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Christian Texas School Boy Punished For His

Comment on Homosexuality: Briefly

Texas student Dakota Ray received detention and suspension for telling a classmate homosexuality is “wrong.”

A Fort Worth honors student was sent to the principal’s office today. He was sent to in-school detention and two days home suspension, punished for telling a classmate that “being a homosexuality is wrong.” His teacher labeled the student’s comments about homosexuality “bullying,” and sent the child to the assistant principal’s office.

Suspended for telling a classmate that homosexuality is wrong

Fourteen-year-old Dakota Ray spent most of the day Tuesday serving an in-school suspension. It was punishment for discussion in his German class at Fort Worth’s Western Hills High School. Ray stated during German class:

We were talking about religions in Germany. It wasn’t directed to anyone except my friend who was sitting behind me. I guess [the teacher] heard me. He started yelling. He told me he was going to write me an infraction and send me to the office.

Holly Pope, the boy’s mother, was absolutely stunned when she received a telephone call from the Western Hill High School assistant principal that her son was in detention. She told Fox News Radio Dakota is a very well-grounded 14-year-old. She said her son is an honors student, plays on the football team, and has been in church his whole life and he’s been taught to stand up for what he believes.

When Pope learned Dakota received a one day suspension in school and two days of full suspension, she was outraged, noting that her son had a spotless record, was an honor student, volunteered at his church and played on the school football team.

Pope immediately contacted the Liberty Counsel after her son was punished. The organization:

provides pro bono legal assistance in the areas of religious liberty, the sanctity of human life and the family. Liberty Counsel’s Board of Directors has adopted a Christian doctrinal statement, but Liberty Counsel does not limit its services to Christians, as the rights of Christians are affected positively by defending the rights of others.

The Liberty Counsel won a case on appeal in Florida where the judge initially ruled that sex and gender are in the mind, granting child custody to a transsexual. They won a “victory” in Georgia that a Vermont civil union is not equivalent to marriage: that state DOMA permits a state to ban homosexual unions. They also settled a law suit against a New York school district, stopping the first homosexual and “sexually deviant” high school in America, and won the DOMA in over 40 separate legal cases.

Liberty Counsel attorney, Matt Krause said the Western Hills High School righted all the wrongs, said Matt Krause, an attorney with the Liberty Counsel. This should have no lasting effect on his academic or personal record going forward. He called the incident mind blowing, stating the teacher frequently discussed homosexuality in ninth grade classroom discussions.

There has been a history with this teacher in the class regarding homosexual topics. The teacher had posted a picture of two men kissing on a wall that offended some of the students. The attorney said the picture was posted on the teacher’s world wall. He told the students this is happening all over the world and you need to accept the fact that homosexuality is just part of our culture now, said Krause.

Krause also stated to Fox Radio, In German class there should be no talk of being pro-Gay or homosexual topics. I told the school that he [Dakota] should never have been suspended for exercising his Constitutional rights. The principal is sincere in trying to do the right thing and hopefully they will tell the teacher, ‘Do not do that anymore.’ He won’t be pushing his agenda.

Dakota’s mother said she believes the teacher should apologize for sending Dakota to detention based on his remark

He should never have been punished. He didn’t disrupt the class. He wasn’t threatening. He wasn’t hostile. He made a comment to his friend and the teacher overheard it. My son knows people that are homosexual. He’s not saying, ‘I don’t like you.’ He’s saying, ‘I’m a Christian and I believe that being that way is wrong.’

Krause said school leaders told Dakota should be careful when and where he talks about his opposition to homosexuality—suggesting he talk about such matters in the hallway instead of the classroom. He said Liberty Counsel will monitor the situation to make sure there is no future retaliation. In the meantime, Pope said her son will return to the teacher’s classroom.

Ray, Pope, and Krause met with school administrators today and demanded that the suspension be removed from Dakota’s record and that he be protected against ‘retaliation.’

The assistant principal reduced Ray’s suspension from two days to one after hearing Dakota’s version of the incident. Dakota’s mother said, I’ve told him to treat this teacher with respect. He is your elder. He is your teacher. What his beliefs are or what they are not—outside the school is none of our business.

After a meeting with Pope and her attorney, the school rescinded the two-day suspension so Dakota would be allowed to play in an upcoming football game.

The school district would not comment on why a teacher was discussing homosexuality in a ninth grade German class. Officials at the high school did not return calls for comment, but issued the following statement: As a matter of course, Fort Worth ISD does not comment on specific employee or student-related issues. Suffice it to say that we are following district policy in our review of the circumstances and any resolution will likewise be in accordance with district policy.

Homosexuality is wrong

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Whether you agree or disagree, should a student be punished for stating her/his opinion about homosexuality?

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Kieran
11 years ago

In response,

The boy was clearly in the wrong for making an intimidating remark that would undoubtedly get him in-trouble. Religious people need to bare in mind that not all people follow their same views of god, faith and homosexuality being wrong, and or a sin. The boy if highly religious and having views that he is said to hold, should keep them to himself or bring them about in a lesser problematic manour.

After reading this article, i believe the boy was rightly suspended from school and the mother is setting a bad example for her son. I bet that the boy thinks the way he does because of his mothers actions. He has been brain-washed at an early age to think a certain way, so that when in his teens he begins developing an opinion, this homophobic and religious act surfaces. The boy and the mother both need to learn that not everyone is religious and that the school has to deal with the situation in such as way that everyone, religious or not, is treated the same. Equal treatment is key in an academic environment.

Speaking of such an environment, the teacher involved was quick to deal with a situation that could of escalated, he dealt with the homophobic remark in a timely, professional manour. Teachers should and have to remain neutral in a situation and treat all sides of the argument equally.

Lastly, being homophobic is intimidating, it is wrong, can be classed as bullying and should be dealt with accordingly. The school did just that by suspending the boy. Everyone has their views, opinions and preferences but that doesn’t mean you have the right to undermine other peoples views, opinions and preferences. If you are religious and hate homosexuals then so be it but that doesn’t mean everyone else has to agree with that ideology. Everyone is their own person and should have the right to exercise that.

Yours,

Kieran (British Expatriate)
11th Grade, Californian High-School Student

Reply to  Kieran
11 years ago

Thanks so much Kieran. Please stop by again.

lazersedge
12 years ago

I remember a discussion in an introductory class in sociology about what is normal and the professor explaining the polar opposite ends of abnormal. One of those ends was being too perfect. That may be this kid according to his mother.

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