Under the guise of anti-bullying, economics teacher Jay McDowell bullied student Daniel Glowacki, a junior at the time he was ousted from class.
On October 20, 2010, McDowell wore his purple “Tyler’s Army” T-shirt to promote the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation campaign. According to the press release, the incident began when McDowell:
“ordered a student in his classroom to remove her confederate flag belt buckle because he was offended by it. Daniel pointed out the teacher’s obvious hypocrisy: the teacher can promote a message that might be offensive to students, but students can’t wear clothing that expresses a message that is offensive to the teacher.”
McDowell ordered Daniel to leave his classroom and asked the rest of his students if anyone else did not accept homosexuality. A student raised his hand and he was ousted from class also.
Rather than teach academic courses that day, McDowell decided to spend the entire day promoting this national pro-homosexual agenda, which included showing his classes a video concerning such “bullying.”
The students didn’t need to watch a video about bullying. McDowell demonstrated it himself in real time: "In this case, the teacher became the bully, and the students who opposed his homosexual agenda became his victims."
On behalf of Sandra Glowacki and her son Daniel, The Thomas More Law Center (TMLC) filed a federal lawsuit against the Howell Public School District and teacher Johnson “Jay” McDowell "for punishment and humiliation heaped on a student after he expressed his religious belief opposing homosexuality when asked by the teacher during class."
To encourage the homosexual agenda, the Howell school district:
“permitted its teachers to sell purple t-shirts with the slogan ‘Tyler’s Army’ to students and teachers to promote the 2010 Spirit Day. ‘Tyler’s Army’ is a reference to Tyler Clementi who committed suicide after a video of him having sex with another male student in his dorm room was posted on the Internet.”
As news of the incident spread, homosexual activists across the country hailed McDowell as a hero and vilified Daniel and his family, as “bigots”, referring to Daniel’s religious objections to the homosexual agenda as “hate” speech. McDowell is head of the school’s teachers union. The Michigan Education Association, the state teachers’ union, supported McDowell’s actions.
National lesbian TV host, Ellen DeGeneres got in on the anti-Glowacki campaign. Daniel even became the subject of a school assembly.
Imagine the outcry if the roles had been reversed: if McDowell were Catholic and ousted Daniel from class for expressing the belief that the homosexual lifestyle is healthy and moral. In that case, LGBT advocates would be calling McDowell a “bigot,” Daniel would get to go on Ellen’s TV show, and teachers would be selling purple “Daniel’s Army” T-shirts.
