Students and former students rallied outside Monday night’s disciplinary hearing at the Southwest School District in Piasa, IL. They were there to support veteran teacher Dan Delong. Delong was suspended after giving a 10th grade honors English class an assignment involving a science magazine article about homosexual behavior among hundreds of animal species. Some parents complained. The school board suspended the teacher and even called in state child welfare authorities to determine whether the assignment might amount to child abuse.

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