Is this a blue state?

Only in America would a bus driver be fired for saying something about stem cells. Come on...
I love how the superintendent says that "employees are generally told that polical and religious discussions should be confiend to a classroom setting."

What???

I thought that religion had no place in a public school? Ah, the hypocrisy. When are these nut bags gonna get a clue?
What next? Janitor fired for comments about why smoking is bad for you??????


"Julianne Thompson, 42, told students in November that actor Mel Gibson had said in an article that embryonic stem cell research had not produced a single human cure in 23 years.

Some parents complained and school officials in the Buffalo suburb fired the driver.

Superintendent Thomas Ramming said employees are generally told that political and religious discussions should be confined to a classroom setting where different viewpoints can be presented.

But Thompson said there is nothing in her contract that prohibits her from expressing facts or opinions. She is considering legal action, saying officials have yet to explain why her comments were inappropriate.

"I learned that free speech is definitely not free," Thompson said."

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