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Should this teacher have been fired for having a picture of President Bush in her classroom?

JULY 21--A New York woman claims that she was forced from her teaching post by an elementary school principal who objected to her Republican activism and last year ordered the removal of a portrait of President George W. Bush from the educator's Long Island classroom. In her U.S. District Court complaint, a copy of which you'll find below, Caruso contends that she was retaliated against because of her political work, which has included volunteering at last year's GOP convention and membership in the Republican National Committee. Caruso, who taught first and third graders at Birch Lane, claims that when the principal spotted the Bush portrait late last year--it was hanging among photos of other U.S. presidents--she 'became outraged and insisted that the picture be removed.' Caruso, who complied with that order, has named the Massapequa Union Free School District as the sole defendant in her action, which seeks unspecified monetary damages and a reappointment to her prior teaching post.?

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