That didn’t take long.\u00a0 Who would have ever thought that Mount Dora, the sleepy little community in Lake County, FL, would lead the way in stamping out any negative criticism of so-called gay marriage?\u00a0 No one would have ever envisioned this scenario even 10 years ago, but that just goes to prove how far the radical gay agenda has come in the last decade.\u00a0 I don’t think it will take another five years before all speech critical of gay rights or homosexuality will be effectively prohibited in the United States, notwithstanding the First Amendment.<\/p>\n
Jerry Buell,\u00a0a 22 year veteran\u00a0teacher in the Lake County (FL) public schools, has been suspended over a post he made on his personal Facebook page<\/a>.\u00a0 Buell, who has a spotless teaching record, wrote two quick posts on his Facebook page in reaction to the announcement that New York had approved same-gender marriage:<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m watching the news, eating dinner when the story\u00a0 about New York okaying same-sex unions came on and I almost threw up,\u00a0 And now they showed two guys kissing after their announcement. If they want to\u00a0 call it a union, go ahead. But don\u2019t insult a man and woman\u2019s marriage by\u00a0 throwing it in the same cesspool of whatever. God will not be mocked. When did\u00a0 this sin become acceptable?\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cBy the way, if one doesn\u2019t like the most recently posted opinion based on\u00a0 biblical principles and God\u2019s laws, then go ahead and unfriend me. I\u2019ll miss you\u00a0 like I miss my kidney stone from 1994. And I will never accept it because God\u00a0 will never accept it. Romans chapter one.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n In my June 24 post, “Southern Baptists\u00a0& the Homosexual Culture,” <\/a>I wrote:<\/p>\n With some recent polls now showing a majority of Americans favoring gay marriage<\/a>, homosexuality and the gay lifestyle will be normalized within our culture.\u00a0 To speak negatively against gay rights will be the equivalent of using racist language.<\/strong>\u00a0 Already we are seeing the speech police “re-educating” comedians who would dare to use language in their acts deemed unacceptable by gay rights groups<\/a>.\u00a0 The irony of a comedian having to apologize for his comedy is priceless.\u00a0 For the record, I think what Tracy Morgan said was crude and offensive.\u00a0 I don’t care for his brand of comedy at all.\u00a0 However, his public apology tour illustrates the slippery slope we are on when it comes to speaking out against gay rights issues. (emphasis added)<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Indeed, just voicing one’s personal opinion — outside of class — is now grounds for a\u00a0“code ethics violation investigation<\/em>.”\u00a0 I’m sure that all the leftist teachers in Lake County\u00a0who\u00a0support the Democrat party and other liberal groups\u00a0during their “off” time have been similarly investigated for bias.\u00a0 Likewise for the gay teachers who have shown the slightest bias toward conservative Christian students by their personal comments\u00a0on Facebook or their public\u00a0political speech.\u00a0 Oh, that’s right.\u00a0 This doesn’t happen in\u00a0Lake County or anywhere.\u00a0 Only those who dare to utter a negative word against the radical homosexual agenda are caught in this\u00a01984 Orwellian\u00a0web of investigations.<\/p>\n The reaction of some within this central Florida community illustrates the coming threat to both freedom of speech and freedom of religion (which oftentimes are intertwined):<\/p>\n Brett Winters, a former Mount Dora student, told the Orlando Sentinel he was\u00a0 disappointed about Buell\u2019s comments. \u201cThis type of hateful language is dangerous\u00a0 not only to gay students, but also to anti-gay students,\u201d Winters told the\u00a0 newspaper.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Mr. Winters’ response has become, sadly, the\u00a0typical response from those who say they believe in the First Amendment, but who would place so many caveats on it that the freedoms enshrined within the Amendment would become virtually meaningless.\u00a0 What was hateful about Mr. Buell’s language?\u00a0 Was it the colorful language that he used to describe his reaction to the NY legislature redefining marriage?\u00a0 Or, was it merely voicing his objections to gay marriage?\u00a0 Did the “ethics code” police come down on this stellar teacher because Jerry Buell is an overt Christian who\u00a0used Scripture to support his opposition to same-gender marriage?<\/p>\n Whether it’s prohibitions against speaking out against radical Islam <\/a>or a radical homosexual agenda,\u00a0 we have embarked on a slippery slope in this country<\/a>.\u00a0 The attacks against First Amendment rights will continue to grow.\u00a0 Will you speak\u00a0up for freedom of speech, even for that which you find offensive?\u00a0 If not, then do not be surprised when no one speaks up for you!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" That didn’t take long.\u00a0 Who would have ever thought that Mount Dora, the sleepy little community in Lake County, FL, would lead the way in stamping out any negative criticism of so-called gay marriage?\u00a0 No one would have ever envisioned this scenario even 10 years ago, but that just goes to prove how far 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