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Teacher put on leave after suspending student for criticizing homosexuality

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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...

Texas high school student suspended for saying homosexuality is wrong

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A Christian high school student was punished by his school this week for saying he believes “being a homosexual is wrong.” 14-year-old Dakota Ary was suspended for saying he believes being a homosexual is "wrong." Dakota Ary, 14, says his statement was part of a one-on-one conversation about religions in Germany with a friend sitting behind him during a language class, according to a local  Fox News report . “I guess [the teacher] heard me. He started yelling,” said Ary. “He told me he was going to write me an infraction and send me to the office.” Holly Pope, Ary’s mother, said she was in “disbelief” over the punishment. “My son is on the honor roll with great grades. I don’t have any problems out of him,” she said. The mother was not satisfied when the school principal reduced the in-school suspension from two days to one. She brought an attorney with her to meet the principal Wednesday and is demaning a promise of no retaliation over the event and that the event be remo...