Michigan Supreme Court Jtice viss Gaylord, talks abortn and votg matters

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• MICHIGAN SUPREME COURT JTICE VISS GAYLORD, TALKS ABORTN AND VOTG MATTERS
• TEACHER FIRED FOR BEG GAY GETS AN APOLOGY 42 YEARS LATER
• SUPREME GAYLORD
• GAYLORD_SUPREM
• GAYLORD V. TAA SCHOOL DIST. 10
• GAYLORD V. TAA SCHOOL DIST.

MICHIGAN SUPREME COURT JTICE VISS GAYLORD, TALKS ABORTN AND VOTG MATTERS

— -- A Washgton state history teacher fired 1972 for beg gay has received a long overdue apology om the lol school Gaylord, a history teacher at Wilson High School Taa was fired 42 years ago after a stunt speculated that he was gay and reported to the vice prcipal. He filed a lawsu agast the Taa school district, even though he didn’t want to attract attentn to ligatn eventually ma to the state’s Supreme Court 1977, but the urt’s cisn disappoted Gaylord -- his firg was emed legimate bee homosexualy was nsired an “immoraly” that was a “sufficient e for discharge, ” acrdg to a urt document.

TEACHER FIRED FOR BEG GAY GETS AN APOLOGY 42 YEARS LATER

“If Gaylord had not been discharged after he beme known as a homosexual, the rult would be fear, nfn, spicn, parental ncern, and prsure on the admistratn by stunts, parents, and other teachers, ” the urt said s More: HS Prcipal's Comg Out as Gay Was 'So Unexpected'Read More: Small SC Town Ralli for Fired Gay Police ChiefBut thgs took a turn this past week when the Oasis Youth Center Taa cid to hold s annual fundraisg event at a lol high Kirby, executive director at the Oasis Youth Center, had known about Gaylord’s story for a long time and thought he uld do somethg for Gaylord. He reached out to the current print of the Taa school board, Kurt said activists Washgton state had been tryg to pass the anti-discrimatn protectn law for school teachers for the past 30 years, and Gaylord's experience first prompted those efforts.

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Defendant school district discharged Gaylord who held a teacher's certifite om his teachg posn at the Wilson High School Taa on the ground of "immoraly" bee he was a known homosexual. On remand rensiratn, the Superr Court nclud substance Gaylord was properly discharged for immoraly bee he was homosexual, and as a known homosexual, his abily and fns to teach was impaired wh rultg jury to the school.

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We need nsir only the assignments of error which raise two basic issu: (1) whether substantial evince supports the trial urt's ncln platiff-appellant Gaylord was guilty of immoraly; (2) whether substantial evince supports the fdgs, that as a known homosexual, Gaylord's fns as a teacher was impaired to the jury of the Wilson High School, jtifyg his discharge by the fendant school district's board of directors.

*289 Gaylord knew of his homosexualy for 20 years prr to his trial, actively sought homosexual pany for the past several years, and participated homosexual acts.

Gaylord's school superr first beme aware of his sexual stat on October 24, 1972, when a former Wilson High stunt told the school's vice-prcipal he thought Gaylord was a homosexual. On November 21, 1972, Gaylord was notified the board of directors of the Taa School Board had found probable e for his discharge due to his stat as a publicly known homosexual. The urt found an admissn of homosexualy nnot illegal as well as immoral acts, bee "sexual gratifitn wh a member of one's own sex is implic the term `homosexual.

GAYLORD V. TAA SCHOOL DIST. 10

If Gaylord had not been discharged after he beme known as a homosexual, the rult would be fear, nfn, spicn, parental ncern, and prsure on the admistratn by stunts, parents, and other teachers. The urt nclud "appellant was properly discharged by rponnt upon a charge of immoraly upon his *290 admissn and disclosure that he was a homosexual" and that relief sought should be nied. 4119(5) adopted by the school board and effect durg the term of Gaylord's teachg ntract wh fendant school district perms the Taa School Board of Directors to treat "immoraly" as sufficient e for discharge.

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Homosexualy simply means the experience of beg erotilly attracted to a member of the same sex, and men or women who habually experience strong feelgs of this kd are lled homosexuals.

Those who act upon such feelgs by participatg mutual sexual fondlg or other forms of sexual stimulatn wh a partner of the same sex are known as `overt' or practicg homosexuals.