Who was a former science teacher that was fired for branding a student with a Christian cross?
Mount Vernon City School District Mount Vernon City School District is a public school district serving students Mount Vernon in Knox County, Ohio. It oversees Mount Vernon High School, Mount Vernon Middle School, Columbia Elementary, Dan Emmett Elementary, East Elementary, Pleasant Street Elementary, Twin Oak Elementary, and Wiggin Street Elementary. The district received national attention when the board voted to fire John Freshwater for branding a student with a Christian cross and teaching creationism.
Billy James Hargis Billy James Hargis (August 3, 1925 – November 27, 2004) was an American Christian evangelist. At the height of his popularity in the 1950s and 1960s, his "Christian Crusade" ministry was broadcast on more than 500 radio stations and 250 television stations. He promoted an anti-Communist, segregationist message as well as evangelizing, and founded a radio station, monthly newspaper, and a college in Tulsa, Oklahoma, to support his ministries. In 1974, several students at his American Christian College accused Hargis of sexual misconduct; however, the Tulsa district attorney found no evidence or wrongdoing. Hargis went into partial retirement, and the college closed in 1977. He continued to publish his newspaper and write books.