Maine Teachers Embrace Freedom of Speech (Unless it's Conservative)

What are our schools coming to that I have to wake up to this story this morning???

Brent Bowen, a Lewiston, Maine, high school student handed out copies of the official Maine College Republican newspaper in his school cafeteria at lunchtime. A teacher approached him, asking if he had permission to do so. He responded that the school had no policy about handouts at lunch, then got permission to continue from the Vice Principal.

Bowen was then confronted by a group of teachers who threatened him with suspension.

Read the full story here. (Hat tip: Moonbat Central)

Did I somehow miss the memo excluding our school systems from the protective embrace of the First Amendment? What ever happened to school being a place to learn, think, and explore? I find it deplorable that teachers who are willing to threaten a student for trying to open a political conversation with literature that opposes their views are allowed to continue. After such a blatant and unashamed abuse of the power and TRUST they command as educators, the only job I'd like to see them holding at a school is cleaning the toilets.

**UPDATE**
Please check out the Marquette Warrior blog, where some fact-checking has been done, for more info on this story.