People across the United States asked for a Howell teacher's termination in e-mails described by school administrators as "vulgar and threatening."
The messages arrived in response to media reports about the Thomas More Law Center filing a federal lawsuit on behalf of Sandra Glowacki, alleging teacher Jay McDowell violated her son's First Amendment rights when he removed the then-16-year-old Daniel Glowacki from class in October 2010 after the teen said he did not accept homosexuality because of his religious beliefs.
The Daily Press & Argus received the e-mails through a Freedom of Information Act request and learned that some of the comments were made using only first names and some with full names. The locations, when noted, included Florida, Massachusetts, North Carolina, Minnesota, Illinois and Maryland.
Some of the emails referenced a report on WND.com, which noted in its story that: "A teacher's decision to promote homosexuality in class rather than teach the approved economics curriculum — and the school district's endorsement of that — soon will be hitting the court docket, as a complaint has been filed by a student subjected to the instructor's 'bullying.'"
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