Teacher put on leave after suspending student for criticizing homosexuality
FORT WORTH, Texas , September 29, 2011 - The teacher responsible for suspending a student after he expressed opposition to homosexuality has been placed on administrative leave with pay. High school student Dakota Ary was suspended for criticizing homosexuality in class. Last week, Western Hills High School teacher Kristopher Franks retaliated against high school freshman and honors student Dakota Ary after he was overheard telling one other student that he believes homosexuality is wrong because of his Christian faith . The conversation, held during a class discussion on religious beliefs in Germany, arose when one student asked what Germans thought about homosexuality in relation to religion. Ary says the instructor “started yelling” upon hearing the boy’s statement, and charged him with “possible bullying” before sending him to the principal’s office for discipline, where he received a two-day in-class suspension. The sentence was reduced to one day after Ary’s mother confro