Analyst's note: One has to be saddened by what is now being called higher-education in this a nation founded on Christian principles. For the Christian student to have been suspended from the class for his response is certainly inappropriate. What would have been the response had the word been Mohammed and the student a Muslim? You already know the answer.
The we also see headlined Math Teacher Escorted Out by Police, Set to Be Fired for Opposing Planned Parenthood in the Classroom. Do you think there might be a pattern emerging? See Rise of Islam fuels Christian persecution.
Ryan Rotela, a devout Mormon attending Florida Atlantic University at Davie, Fla., was suspended from his intercultural communications class for refusing to stomp on a piece of paper with the name "Jesus" written on it, CBS affiliate WPEC reported Thursday.
According to WPEC, the class was conducting an exercise that was spelled out in the textbook, “Intercultural Communication: A Contextual Approach, 5th Edition.”
Fox News' Todd Starnes obtained a synopsis of the lesson.
“Have the students write the name JESUS in big letters on a piece of paper,” the lesson instructed. “Ask the students to stand up and put the paper on the floor in front of them with the name facing up. Ask the students to think about it for a moment. After a brief period of silence instruct them to step on the paper. Most will hesitate. Ask why they can’t step on the paper. Discuss the importance of symbols in culture."
While some in the class completed the exercise, Rotela did not, citing his religious convictions. He wrote "Jesus" on a piece of paper and placed it on the floor, but that was as far as he would go.
“He had us all stand up and he said ‘stomp on it,’” he said. “I picked up the paper from the floor and put it right back on the table."
According to Starnes, Rotela told his instructor, Deandre Poole, that the exercise was insulting and offensive.
[....] Two days later, Rotela spoke to Poole's supervisor and learned that he was suspended from the class.
The school defended the action against Rotela.
[....] Making matters worse, the instructor involved was identified as the vice chair of the Palm Beach County Democratic Party, a tidbit not mentioned by the local media in the original report.
In his report at BizPac Review, Tom Tillison said that Poole's actions "add fire to an already-disturbing pattern of hate coming out of the local party."
Reaction to the incident was swift and furious, with some alumni expressing anger with their alma mater. [....]
