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><p><b>School Bus Driver Fired for Stem Cell Talk ></b></p><p><div class="timedate">Thu Dec 2, 6:51 PM >ET</div><p>GRAND ISLAND, N.Y. - <font face="arial" >size="-1">An elementary school bus driver was fired >after sharing a statistic she had read about embryonic >stem cell research with students, then encouraging >them to tell their parents about it.<p>Julianne >Thompson, 42, told students in November that actor Mel >Gibson had said in an article that embryonic stem cell >research had not produced a single human cure in 23 >years.<p>Some parents complained and school officials >in the Buffalo suburb fired the >driver.<p>Superintendent Thomas Ramming said employees >are generally told that political and religious >discussions should be confined to a classroom setting >where different viewpoints can be presented.<p>But >Thompson said there is nothing in her contract that >prohibits her from expressing facts or opinions. She >is considering legal action, saying officials have yet >to explain why her comments were >inappropriate.<p>"I learned that free speech is >definitely not free," Thompson said. ></p></font>
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