Jack Conkling, Kansas Teacher, Writes On Facebook That Being Gay Is 'The Same As Murder'

[RKP5637]

(Here we go again. Kansas back in the news. What a shame.)

See >>> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/18/jack-conkling-teacher-writes-being-gay-just-like-being-a-murderer_n_1527608.html

Jack Conkling, a Prairie Hills Middle School social studies teacher and Buhler High School assistant women's basketball coach in Buhler, Kan., is under fire after equating being gay to being a murderer on his Facebook profile, the Hutchinson News reports.

In his post, Conkling comments on gay marriage, writing that homosexuality "ranks in God's eyes the same as murder, lying, stealing, or cheating."

According to the paper, several of his students who were also his Facebook friends left comments on the post, something that led the school to eventually take notice.

"I wrote what I wrote for my Facebook friends who understand my heart and my intent," Conkling told the Hutchinson News. "I understand that there were some folks who didn't understand my heart, and while that's sad, it is what it is."

[geckosfeet]

1. His heart seems a dark, rank, vile place. To understand it one would have to share in his misery.

Not many people are so unfortunate as to have to look at life through the lens of satans eyes.

[PSPS]

2. "my Facebook friends who understand my heart"

He's not being truthful here. His "Facebook friends" probably aren't aware that his "heart" is in the closet.

[Amster Dan]

4. I hope you're right.

Otherwise, the fact that he's (quoting article) Buhler High School assistant women's basketball coach makes me worry.

[RKP5637]

5. I always question the deeper motives of individuals that strike out at

others like this for this type of reasoning. In this case, I think there is a lot of projection bias going on, just my guess. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychological_projection

[kestrel91316]

3. According to Leviticus, homosexuality is about on par with

eating shrimp and wearing linsey-woolsey in Gawd's eyes. Oh, and intercropping like the Amish do with their corn/alfalfa/wheat rotation.