Jerry Buell A Florida teacher has been suspended after he ranted on Facebook that the news gay marriage had been legalised in New York almost made him vomit. Veteran American history teacher at Mount Dora High School Jerry Buell posted on July 25 as he was eating dinner and watching the evening news. "I'm watching the news, eating dinner when the story about New York okaying same-sex unions came on and I almost threw up," he wrote. "And now they showed two guys kissing after their announcement. If they want to call it a union, go ahead. But don't insult a man and woman's marriage by throwing it in the same cesspool of whatever. God will not be mocked. When did this sin become acceptable?" Moments later he posted: "By the way, if one doesn't like the most recently posted opinion based on biblical principles and God's laws, then go ahead and unfriend me. I'll miss you like I miss my kidney stone from 1994. And I will never accept it because God will never accept it. Romans chapter one." The school was concerned gay students at the school might be frightened or intimidated walking into his classroom and disputed the claim his Facebook account is private. The teacher's lawyer has accused the school of being "anti-straight, anti-First Amendment and anti-personal liberty".
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First published: Saturday, 20th August 2011 - 3:18pm