Brave, articulate young man!

[OrphanPip]

The teacher got a slap on the wrist, a one day suspension.

I don't think it's so cut and dry how much right a teacher really has to silence reprehensible opinions. Students have a right to be protected against discrimination, and the students were being deliberately provocative, but I don't think it really merited punishment. Their insolence for not dropping the subject when asked to warranted punishment more than what they said.

But then what am I talking about? What was the teacher blamed for?

A student came in with a Confederate flag belt buckle, and was asked to remove it. Another student asked what the difference was between the Confederate flag and the Gay Pride flag was, and he responded to the teacher's response with something along the lines of he not accepting gays because of his religion. The teacher told him he couldn't say that in class, and when the kid repeated it, he was put in detention.

Teacher's are placed in uncomfortable positions, I don't think his intention was to punish the kids opinion, but it's silly to punish something when it has been brought up within the context of a debate.