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What is your reaction to the SLO High teacher's anti-gay letter published in the school paper? 

click to enlarge Libby York

Libby York

receptionist

“I’m a Christian and I don’t believe in saying things like that, especially in a school setting. Kids are so impressionable at this time and they should be able to confide in their teachers, but how can they if something like this is said?”

click to enlarge Susannah Bee

Susannah Bee

SLO resident

“I think as a teacher it’s not OK to put a personal opinion of sexual orientation out there in a school setting. Whether a kid is out there with their sexual orientation they may or not be comfortable with now, but as always it’s their choice.”

click to enlarge Andy Marquardt

Andy Marquardt

engineer

“That was probably inappropriate for a teacher to do, although everyone is entitled to their opinion, but that was over the top.”

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Jill Jacobson

retired teacher

“I think it’s atrocious. Really, his personal opinion should not have been in a school paper. We live in a country that promotes freedom of expression, that’s what our kids should know.”

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