Florida Teacher Exonerated, Reinstated

OneNewsNow reports that Lake County School District of Florida has reinstated Mount Dora High School social studies teacher Jerry Buell, who was removed from the classroom last week over comments he posted on his personal Facebook page expressing his disapproval of the legalization of homosexual marriage in New York. Buell, a 2010 Teacher of the Year, had been temporarily transferred to an administrative assignment. 


After receiving a complaint from a former Mount Dora student, the school district voiced concern that some of Buell's students might have been offended by his Facebook comments, and that he may have violated the district's anti-discrimination policies. Liberty Counsel's Harry Mihet commented on the ruling: "I'm pleased to report that... both the constitution and common sense prevailed in the Lake County School District of Florida. The school board completed its... investigation and concluded that Jerry Buell has done absolutely nothing wrong, has done nothing that would warrant disciplinary action, and therefore has reinstated him effective immediately."