Teacher Sues Gay Mom Over Classroom Discipline Charge

[MSgt213]

(Lafayette, Louisiana) A lesbian mother who alleges her son was reprimanded and forced to repeatedly write “I will never use the word ‘gay’ in school again” is being sued by the boy's teacher.

Ernest Gallet Elementary School teacher Terry L. Bethea is seeking $50,000 damages for defamation.

Last year Sharon Huff charged that Bethea had scolded her 7 year old son in front of his classmates and sent to a school behavioral clinic for answering another child’s questions about his lesbian mothers. (story)

Huff said the incident began when her son, Marcus McLaurin, was waiting in line to go to recess when a classmate asked him about his mother and father. He responded that he didn’t have a mother and father; instead he has two mothers. When the other child asked why, Marcus told him that it was because his mother is gay. The other child then asked what that meant, and Marcus explained, “Gay is when a girl likes another girl.”

Huff said that Marcus’s teacher scolded him in front of his classmates, telling him that “gay” is a bad word and he should never say it at school, then sent him to the principal’s office instead of letting him go to recess.

http://www.365gay.com/newscon04/12/120104schoolSuit.htm

[Arkana]

1. "Gay" is a bad word? I never got that memo.

Unless you live in the Bayou, you vote Bush, and your father is also your uncle, aunt, brother, and second cousin, "gay" is not a bad word.

[demodonkey]

2. Interesting. My mother (now retired teacher) explained the word "gay"...

to her 2nd Grade students back in the early 80s, using almost the exact same language as the little boy in this story. She told them right out that one meaning of "Gay" is when girls like girls and boys like boys. The kids were fine with it (and back then no Freeper parents complained!)

Now why was my mother teaching the word "gay" in 2nd grade?? Well, the word "fagot" came up in one of the Little House on the Prairie books (fagot, as in bundle of sticks) and of course being that she always encourage open discussion by the kids, "faggot" led to "gay"...

I think she's so glad she's retired now. Teaching "ain't what it used to be".