The trial of Mt. Vernon, Ohio grade school science teacher, John Freshwater (accused of teaching intelligent design/creationism) took an unusual twist on Thursday, March 28, when a student offered testimony contradicting previous testimony. Read the article below for more details.
I haven’t been following this story/trial very much, except to note the anti-creationist evolution bloggers at the Seed magazine science blog “ghetto” and Panda’s Thumb are all a twitter over the attacks on this Christian public school teacher. They’ve been offering blow by blow commentary delighting in the attempts to fire the teacher and painting him as some evil, out-of-control teacher. It’s remarkable to watch them spin these contradictions about what actually happened!
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Attorney highlights contradictory story
by Dean Narciso
Columbus Dispatch, p. B3.
March 28, 2009
A former student of John Freshwater’s told investigators last year that his eighth-grade science teacher preached in class and burned crosses on his and other students’ arms.
But that’s not the story Ben Nielson gave during testimony Thursday.
The apparent contradiction was pointed out yesterday during cross-examination of an investigator hired by the school district.
On Thursday, Nielson said Freshwater never discussed creationism or intelligent design in class and that the teacher burned a small line, not a cross, on his friend’s arm with an electric lab instrument
