"Radical" teacher asked to resign. WTF?

The news that Cornwall College asked a science teacher who presented an alternate theory to the immaculate conception myth during a lesson to resign is infuriating, to say the least. This was a SCIENCE teacher, teaching students about reproduction. Granted, he may not have presented it in a toned down manner, but asking him to resign is, in my not-so-humble opinion, absolutely ridiculous!

Would the school's board have taken the same course of action if a Muslim teacher had taught the same lesson and included something like, "I know that I've taught you that all humans must have sexual intercourse to reproduce, but Mary (peace be unto her), mother of Jesus (peace be unto him) was different. She was impregnated by Allah himself! Allah Akbar!!" Or if a Christian fundamentalist (of which there are hundreds of thousands in Jamaica) injected his religious beliefs into the science lesson?
Had the situation been reversed and a Christian teacher been asked to resign for expressing their views, every church from West End to Morant Point would have been up in arms and running their mouth about freedom of speech and freedom of religion.

I would agree that any class outside of Religious Indoctrination...I mean Religious Education is not be the right forum to express one's beliefs, or lack thereof, but the parents' reaction and the school's action smacks of intolerance, something that we already have too much of in this country.

Even more infuriating is the Observer's headline, which labeled the teacher as "radical". A science teacher who applies rational thought and logic to a topic is "radical"???? No wonder half our students can't pass their CXC's and we have Prime Ministers who believe that a god elected them.