Report: Ohio teacher burned cross on kids' arms

**Cold Warrior** · 06-21-2008, 08:22 AM

Whacky-Whacky Alert!

Report: Ohio teacher burned cross on kids' arms

Jun 20 02:58 PM US/Eastern

MOUNT VERNON, Ohio (AP) - A public school teacher preached his Christian beliefs despite complaints by other teachers and administrators and used a device to burn the image of a cross on students' arms, according to a report by independent investigators.
Mount Vernon Middle School teacher John Freshwater also taught creationism in his science class and was insubordinate in failing to remove a Bible and other religious materials from his classroom, the report said.

School board members were scheduled to meet Friday afternoon to discuss the findings by consulting firm H.R. On Call Inc., hired by the district to investigate. The report was released Thursday.

School Superintendent Stephen Short wouldn't comment on the report before Friday's meeting, his office said. A message seeking comment was left for Freshwater's attorney, Roger Weaver.

The report comes one week after a family filed a federal lawsuit in Columbus against Freshwater and the school district, saying Freshwater burned a cross on their child's arm that remained for three or four weeks.

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**linda22003** · 06-21-2008, 08:49 AM

I'd LOVE to hear what the defense for this could possibly be. Where's Jinx?

**Bubba Dawg** · 06-21-2008, 09:18 AM

Okay, if your 'friend' is defending you and has to say:

Freshwater's friend Dave Daubenmire defended him.

"With the exception of the cross-burning episode ... I believe John Freshwater is teaching the values of the parents in the Mount Vernon school district," he told The Columbus Dispatch in a story published Friday

..you may have a problem. I heard on CNN this morning he was fired.

Vepr · 06-21-2008, 11:21 AM

Well you can't say his classes were boring. Good thing they stopped him before he moved on to burning witches at the stake. :eek:

**LogansPapa** · 06-21-2008, 11:33 AM

Ooooh. Flashback to the 16th Century! In their darkest corners of their true hearts - many followers of The Word will take great glee in this story.

**AlmostThere** · 06-21-2008, 04:30 PM

Originally Posted by LogansPapa

Ooooh. Flashback to the 16th Century! In their darkest corners of their true hearts - many followers of The Word will take great glee in this story.

Am I reading this right? You're saying there are Christians who on some level, support branding kids with a cross? Please say I misunderstood.

**Sonnabend** · 06-21-2008, 11:37 AM

Well you can't say his classes were boring. Good thing they stopped him before he moved on to burning witches at the stake.

They never were. Hanged, yes. One man pressed to death under a mass of stones.

None burned to death.

I'd LOVE to hear what the defense for this could possibly be. Where's Jinx?

I'll save you the trouble. He's a whackjob and you get them anywhere.

Now, as you seem to be in a moral equivalence mood, here, Linda, try comparing that incident (which has been handled) to these.

6/20/2008 (Yala, Thailand) - Islamic gunmen open up on a truck, killing an occupant.

6/20/2008 (Mogadishu, Somalia) - At least two children are among thirteen civilians killed in attacks by Islamic militia.

6/20/2008 (Neveh Tzuf, Israel) - Masked Palestinians shoot two Israelis in a brutal drive-by attack.

6/20/2008 (Helmand, Afghanistan) - Children are among the casualties when a sucide bomber detonates in a crowded market.

6/19/2008 (Hajira, Pakistan) - Four local soldiers are killed by Islamic terrorists.

6/19/2008 (Tuz Khormato, Iraq) - A man is kidnapped and tortured to death by Mujahid.

Thailand: A 3-year-old boy and his father are gunned down.

Pakistan: Muslim radicals ambush a food relief convoy, killing the driver and three others, and then setting fire to the goods.

**biccat** · 06-21-2008, 11:40 AM

Originally Posted by Sonnabend

I'll save you the trouble. He's a whackjob and you get them anywhere.

But not atheists, homosexuals, or agnostics. They are people who can do no wrong and are ruthlessly persecuted by the Evil Christian Overlords in this country.