The Christian Post reports that a Florida high school has suspended its 2010 Teacher of the Year over Facebook comments he made about gay marriage. Mount Dora High School social studies teacher Jerry Buell wrote on his personal Facebook page that same-sex union is a sin, that he "almost threw up" over the legalization of it in New York, and that gay marriages were part of a "cesspool." A former student submitted the comments to school district officials, who suspended Buell from the classroom and reassigned him to a clerical position at the district's administration building. Earlier this year the district enacted guidelines regarding social networking stating, "If you feel angry or passionate about a subject, it may not be the time to share your thoughts in a post – you should delay posting until you are calm and clearheaded. Always remember that no e-mail is ever fully deleted." An investigation into Buell's case is pending.
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