Science illiteracy, it seems, has worked its way up to the administrative level at one public high school in Illinois.    Dan Delong, a teacher at Southwestern High School, offered an optional reading assignment last week for his students — an article written by well-known science blogger Jonah Lehrer entitled the "The Gay Animal

Teacher suspended over 'gay animal' article | article, suspended, teacher - News - Jacksonville Illinois News and Information Jacksonville Journal Courier A ... to comment further until he spoke with his union representative. Delong is said to have allowed students to read the article “The Gay Animal Kingdom” from the June 7, 2006, edition of Seed magazine. Seed magazine is a science ...

Dan Delong, an English teacher at Southwestern High School in Illinois, has been suspended after giving his students the assignment of reading “The Gay Animal Kingdom”, and article from the June 7, 2006, edition of Seed magazine, a science and culture publication. The article was written by Jonah Lehrer and addresses research conducted by Joan Roughgarden,

... and equally valid is ridiculous. That's right sometimes you have to call some things what they are. 8) Gay marriage is not supported by religion. In a theocracy like ours, the values of one religion ... possible from this crowd. We have people who want to offer human rights to animals. We have people who think incest, polygamy, etc. is right around the corner. There are no standards for them. We ...

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... and "erastas" lover. This did not automatically stamp either as "gay" for life; they were able to move from one stage of sexuality to ... and child prostitution. These appear to be sanctioned in the Bible. But not homosexuality. Did you know that a certain percentage of animals are also attracted to the same sex? Then there is that old myth: "this is a Western thing — don ...