11/29/12 - A teacher in the South Lyon School district was suspended without pay for playing a song about being gay during class. Susan Johnson teaches performing arts in the 8th grade at South Lyon's Centennial Middle School. She said that last week a student asked if he could play a song called "Same Love" written in support of same sex marriage. She agreed after asking him if it contained any violent content or profanity, which he said it didnât. Johnson said the songâs message of diversity was something she felt was valuable to her class. But one of those students disagreed and made a complaint to the schoolâs principal. Later that day she was told that was being suspended for three days, two of them unpaid for not seeking permission to play the song, which they cited for controversial content, including homosexuality, religion and politics. Johnson told Fox 2 Detroit that the districtâs response saddens her. "I'm very disappointed in the bias, the bigotry that I feel that they're really hiding behind," Johnson told the station that the ACLU and Affirmation, an LGBT support group, are both getting involved in her case. (Photo courtesy of Fox 2 Detroit)
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