# Should anti-gay activists be public high school teachers?

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**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [October 10, 2014, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-anti-gay-activists-be-public-high-school-teachers/700995 "2014-10-10T20:09:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![FrederickJones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/43a26b/32.png) [@FrederickJones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FrederickJones)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2014, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-anti-gay-activists-be-public-high-school-teachers/700995/61 "2014-11-06T13:09:18Z")

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> [@Velocity](#):
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> In a diverse classroom there’s always bound to be such potential for conflict.
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> Can someone who is pro-choice serve as a good teacher to his pro-life students?
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> Can someone who is pro-life serve as a good teacher to his pro-choice students?
> 
> Can someone who is pro-atheism serve as a good teacher to his Christian students?
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> Can someone who is anti-Republican serve as a good teacher to his Republican students?
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> Can someone who is anti-Democrat serve as a good teacher to his Democrat students?  
> Etc. etc.

You have done a very good job of explaining another reason why gay marriage should not be allowed along with the thousands of other reasons.

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