Judge: SoCal teacher violated First Amendment
By AP IN SFGATE
Added: Fri, 01 May 2009 23:00:00 UTC
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(05-01) 19:26 PDT Santa Ana, Calif. (AP) --
A federal judge has ruled that a Mission Viejo history teacher violated the First Amendment by telling students that creationism is "superstitious nonsense."
In a ruling issued Friday, U.S. District Judge James Selna says James Corbett's comment in the classroom has no "legitimate secular purpose."
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