SLO High teacher who penned anti-gay letter should become the pupil
The SLO High “teacher” (Michael Stack) who preached — in writing on the SLO High student newspaper’s website — that LGBTQ students “should die” should become a pupil and the SLO High students his teacher.
Stack’s letter — in the name of religion — promotes discrimination, hatred and bigotry. Stack is not a “teacher.” A teacher educates by helping students acquire knowledge and competences. Promoting discrimination is the antithesis of a “teacher.” As a pupil, Stack needs to learn or re-learn to accept others as they are, to appreciate sexual diversity, and understand that his letter violates basic federal constitutional guarantees of equal protection.
Howard Vallens, Cambria
This story was originally published May 23, 2017 at 5:38 PM with the headline "SLO High teacher who penned anti-gay letter should become the pupil."