Teachers Unions Pile On DeMint: 'Ignorance And Discrimination

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Teachers Unions Pile On DeMint: 'Ignorance And Discrimination Go Hand In Hand'
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/10/07/teachers-unions-demint-gays-single-women_n_753986.html

Joining several LGBT and women's rights organizations, the nation's two major teachers unions are now coming out and criticizing Sen. Jim DeMint's (R-S.C.) recent comments that openly gay individuals and unmarried pregnant women should be barred from teaching in public schools.

"We thought these battles had already been fought and won decades ago," said National Education Association (NEA) Government Relations Director Kim Anderson. "This is one of the reasons why the NEA has fought for civil and human rights ever since its conception 157 years ago, and we want qualified people in the classroom, and it doesn't matter whether they're married or what their sexual orientation is."

When asked whether DeMint should apologize publicly for his remarks, Anderson replied, "I hope that voters will make their minds up clearly and send a message to him about what his policy statements should reflect."

The American Federation of Teachers (AFT) is run by Randi Weingarten, who is out as an openly gay woman. "On a personal level, as a gay woman, I am very disappointed that a senator would place more emphasis on who we are as human beings than on what we do as professionals," said Weingarten in a statement to The Huffington Post. "That is not the UNITED States of America that was on display at last Saturday's One Nation rally in Washington, D.C. That event better reflected the country that I know and am proud of."

[Smarmie Doofus]

1. REC. But the ad at the link is for the "Superman" movie...

... which recommends getting rid if tenure.

Great; lets dump tenure and let school boards chaired by 10,000 Demints around the country decide who should and should not teach in public schools.


Doe this make ANY sense to ANYBODY here?

[Gabi Hayes]

3. you betcha. lots of uninformed (or worse) dips here think that tenure for schoolteachers is the

same as for college profs, and also cite tenure as one of the main weapons evil unions employ to willfully make schools the wasteland they've become

you should see the threads....

anyone who has the SLIGHTest bit of knowledge concerning the way tenure actually works would realize that it evolved to protect teachers from exactly the situation you describe

[Smarmie Doofus]

2. kick. nt

[TomCADem]

4. K & R!

[Shallah Kali]

5. DeMint is in The Family and also uses a xtian Reconstuctionist list for fundraising

DeMint Uses Christian Reconstructionist Mailing List To Raise Money For Angle
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x9282616#9282628

and he also donates funds to other tea partiers: http://www.religiondispatches.org/dispatches/julieingersoll/3522/tea_party_bullies_on_homosexuality%3A_%E2%80%9Cno_punishment_too_severe%E2%80%9D