Current Events > Teacher who was suspended for promoting homosexual agenda wins $100,000 lawsuit

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UnfairRepresent
02/27/20 1:46:44 PM
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A Texas elementary school art teacher who was placed on administrative leave after showing her students a picture of her fiance has reached a $100,000 settlement after a judge ruled that her suspension was unconstitutional.

"The agreements the district and I made in this settlement are a positive first step in making things better for gay employees, gay students and gay families in Mansfield," the teacher, Stacy Bailey, told NBC Dallas-Fort Worth.

Bailey, who began working at Charlotte Anderson Elementary School in the Dallas suburb of Arlington over a decade ago, sued the district and two school administrators in May 2018, claiming that the defendants wrongly discriminated against her because of her sexual orientation.

According to the suit, a parent complained to the school board and the superintendent that Bailey was promoting a "homosexual agenda" in the classroom by showing students a picture of the woman who is now her wife during a "Get to Know Your Teacher" presentation. The complaint eventually led to Bailey who was twice selected Teacher of the Year at her school being placed on administrative leave in September 2017 and then being asked the next month for her resignation, which she refused to give.

After the lawsuit was filed, the school district said it did "not warrant merit" and categorically denied the allegations, claiming in a statement that the district "has been an inclusive, supportive environment for LGBT staff for decades."

"The issue at Charlotte Anderson Elementary School is whether Mrs. Bailey has followed district guidelines requiring that controversial subjects be taught in 'an impartial and objective manner," the district told NBC News at the time. "Teachers shall not use the classroom to transmit personal beliefs regarding political or sectarian issues."

In August 2018, four months after she filed her lawsuit, Bailey was transferred to nearby Lake Ridge High School. While Bailey was happy to return to the classroom, her attorney, Jason C.N. Smith, said she was "disappointed that she doesn't get to return to Charlotte Anderson." Shortly thereafter, the district filed a motion to dismiss Bailey's lawsuit, saying her new high school position "is arguably a more prestigious position than that of an elementary school art teacher."

Texas, like most states, does not have a law explicitly prohibiting workplace discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity, according to the Movement Advancement Project, an LGBTQ think tank. However, Smith said the defendants violated Bailey's constitutionally protected civil rights.

As part of the settlement, the school district will provide mandatory training on LGBTQ issues to its educators and staffers, including human resources employees and counselors. It will also compel the district's board of trustees to vote on whether to add sexual orientation protections to its policies.

"The judge's decision in this case sends a message to school districts all across this country: The Constitution protects gay teachers fromdiscrimination," Smith told NBC Dallas-Fort Worth.

In addition to Bailey's financial settlement $10,000 of which she has committed to donating to an unspecified nonprofit focusing on LGBTQ student issues her 2017 suspension has been rescinded. Smith said he will also donate $10,000 of his reduced fees to the Human Rights Campaign, the nation's largest LGBTQ advocacy organization.

"The Human Rights Campaign was proud to stand with Ms. Bailey as she faced and then challenged discrimination head on," Alphonso David, president of the Human Rights Campaign, said in a statement. "Justice has been served in this case, and a talented teacher has won the right to be herself in the classroom and in her workplace. No one should face retribution simply for being themselves."


Full Article: https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/lesbian-teacher-suspended-showing-photo-future-wife-gets-100-000-n1143736

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"I'm gay"
"That's a controversial political subject and you need to be more objective when discussing it!"

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Questionmarktarius
02/27/20 1:49:04 PM
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is "homosexual agenda" even a thing that actually exists?
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E32005
02/27/20 1:50:08 PM
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Questionmarktarius posted...
is "homosexual agenda" even a thing that actually exists?

nope. thats why she won her lawsuit.
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MC_BatCommander
02/27/20 1:50:10 PM
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Questionmarktarius posted...
is "homosexual agenda" even a thing that actually exists?

It is.

Turns out they want to be treated like human beings and not be fired for being gay. Fuckin crazy right?

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UnfairRepresent
02/27/20 2:02:35 PM
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E32005 posted...


nope. thats why she won her lawsuit.

Actualle she won the lawsuit because the judge said her consitutional rights were violated

Nothing to do with her sexuality or agenda
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Questionmarktarius
02/27/20 2:03:29 PM
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MC_BatCommander posted...


Turns out they want to be treated like human beings and not be fired for being gay.
"Leave me alone" seems like the exact opposite of an agenda.
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E32005
02/27/20 2:04:03 PM
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UnfairRepresent posted...


Actualle she won the lawsuit because the judge said her consitutional rights were violated

Nothing to do with her sexuality or agenda

thats exactly my point.
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RchHomieQuanChi
02/27/20 2:06:18 PM
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I like how wanting to be treated fairly is considered an agenda these days.

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MC_BatCommander
02/27/20 2:07:41 PM
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Questionmarktarius posted...
"Leave me alone" seems like the exact opposite of an agenda.

My post was clearly sarcastic

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E32005
02/27/20 2:08:17 PM
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RchHomieQuanChi posted...
I like how wanting to be treated fairly is considered an agenda these days.

only to the racist/sexist/homophobic....
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ZannoL
02/27/20 2:24:13 PM
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RchHomieQuanChi posted...
I like how wanting to be treated fairly is considered an agenda these days.

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VipaGTS
02/27/20 2:26:15 PM
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shockthemonkey posted...
Imagine coating taxpayers $100,000 because a woman is gay
the even more fucked up part is the people who support the school more than likely don't want their tax dollars going towards health care for others, but they'll be ok with this because in their mind it was worth it for "fighting the good fight".

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eston
02/27/20 2:30:24 PM
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She should also be allowed to punch that parent in the face

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Rika_Furude
02/27/20 2:44:36 PM
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100k is too low. There should be an additional fine of at least a million. 100k is nothing

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hockeybub89
02/27/20 2:46:32 PM
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PatrickMahomes
02/27/20 2:47:41 PM
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but is she hot?

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UnfairRepresent
02/27/20 2:54:08 PM
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Rika_Furude posted...
100k is too low. There should be an additional fine of at least a million. 100k is nothing

So let's say the fine was 1 million

Who pays it?

The Taxpayers?

Does it come out of the schools funding?

Does the school drop art as a class entirely in order to give a million dollars to an art teacher?
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Prestoff
02/27/20 3:01:05 PM
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Good!

UnfairRepresent posted...
So let's say the fine was 1 million

Who pays it?

The Taxpayers?

Does it come out of the schools funding?

Does the school drop art as a class entirely in order to give a million dollars to an art teacher?

Rika never really thinks before he posts. He just wants people to be punished to the fullest extent.

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Rika_Furude
02/27/20 3:03:43 PM
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Zikten
02/27/20 3:07:25 PM
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It sucks she cant go back to teaching her original class. But at least she made the school pay. I dont know what the school was thinking
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UnfairRepresent
02/28/20 5:53:35 AM
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Prestoff posted...
Good!

Rika never really thinks before he posts. He just wants people to be punished to the fullest extent.

I wasn't being facetious, it was a legitimate question

i get the emotion of "we need a crazy big fine to send a message!"

but if it's a tax funded public school where is that money coming from?

Are Tom, Dick and Harry paying a million dollars in tax to be given to some random chick because someone else was a homphobe?

Did the teachers own taxes go towards her own settlement?
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Agnostic420
02/28/20 5:56:30 AM
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Good for her. What a stupid thing to suspend someone from their job for.

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Laserion
02/28/20 7:55:25 AM
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I bet other teachers that are straight also showed or mentioned their straight opposite sex partners to their class as part of the "Get to Know Your Teacher" presentation, and nobody cared.
Actually, this should have been mentioned in het lawsuit.
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UnfairRepresent
02/28/20 3:07:12 PM
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Laserion posted...
I bet other teachers that are straight also showed or mentioned their straight opposite sex partners to their class as part of the "Get to Know Your Teacher" presentation, and nobody cared.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6P40_kd-mS8
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E32005
02/28/20 3:20:20 PM
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tc stop fucking trolling with this topic

its obvious what your agenda is and you have no facts

you are bitter af and melting down over a gay person getting a deserved payout for descrimination
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UnfairRepresent
02/28/20 3:31:51 PM
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E32005 posted...
tc stop fucking trolling with this topic

its obvious what your agenda is and you have no facts

you are bitter af and melting down over a gay person getting a deserved payout for decrimination

wut

I'm on the teachers' side

@MeltyAlert
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MeltyAlert
02/28/20 4:08:02 PM
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E3 has been melting down all day tbh

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Laserion
02/28/20 7:59:20 PM
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UnfairRepresent posted...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6P40_kd-mS8

Read my first two words. If I had facts, it wouldn't be a bet, would it?
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DeadBankerDream
02/28/20 8:07:54 PM
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Rika_Furude posted...
Oh fuck off prestoff.

He should not cause he is 100% correct.
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Irony
02/28/20 8:28:51 PM
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Questionmarktarius posted...
is "homosexual agenda" even a thing that actually exists?
Ask Russia

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FakeHoax
02/28/20 8:30:41 PM
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Parents should parent and teachers should teach.
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DragonGirlYuki
02/29/20 6:52:51 PM
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Nice.

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Rika_Furude
02/29/20 6:53:29 PM
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DeadBankerDream posted...
He should not cause he is 100% correct.
Lolnope

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UnfairRepresent
03/02/20 9:02:45 AM
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FakeHoax posted...
Parents should parent and teachers should teach.

okay?
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