i bet he cares now...
Posted on 12/11/2017 9:37:06 AM PST by Morgana
FULL TITLE: Principal Who Screamed at Pro-Life Teen: “I Don’t Give a S— What Jesus Says” Says His Life’s Been a Wreck Ever Since
Earlier this year and assistant principal at a Pennsylvania high school was caught on video yelling profanities at pro-life teenagers who are holding signs demonstrating against abortion.
The teenager, Conner Haines, was part of a Christian group called Project Frontlines that was hosting a “holocaust of abortion” display on the public sidewalks outside the school. The pro-lifers showed photos of aborted babies and other information to help educate the public about abortion.
Haines and his sister Lauren captured the incident with Ruff on video and posted it to YouTube. During various points in the 18-minute video, Ruff yelled at the teen, swore at him, threatened to call the police and told the teen to “go to Hell.”
At one point, Ruff told the teen: “I don’t give an (expletive) what Jesus tells me about what I should and should not be doing. You are harassing public school students and I will call the police if you don’t shut up.”
Dr. Zach Ruff, an assistant principal at Downingtown STEM Academy in Chester County, initially was placed on administrative leave in April after a video showed him yelling and swearing at a pro-life teenager who was protesting on the sidewalk outside the school. Eventually he resigned to the Downingtown Area School Board.
Now the former assistant principal says his life has been a wreck since the incident occurred and since his decision to quit his position at the high school.
During a two-hour interview, both teared up frequently, Ruff verging on sobs. He said he takes several medications, sees a therapist twice weekly, and rarely leaves the house without Logan. When they do go out, they eat out or shop in Delaware or Philadelphia so they don’t run into students or parents.
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Mostly, they want people to know that Ruff has suffered from anxiety and depression since he was a teenager growing up in Vermont, where, he said, he was abused at home, was hospitalized for two months after attempting suicide at 17, then set out on his own.
Ruff sent out 200 job applications last summer and had a few interviews — one potential employer ended up blocking his phone number, apparently after seeing the video — but worries he will never work in education again. “I didn’t want this to define me,” he said.
Although Ruff’s actions were clearly out of line, he is a human being who deserves forgiveness for what he did and restoration. Hopefully he feels true contrition for his actions and will be able to find a job where he can be a positive and supportive role model for others regardless of their viewpoints on abortion.
You reap what you sow.
This is what unionization gives you. It must stop to allow society to function rationally.
“Although Ruff’s actions were clearly out of line, he is a human being who deserves forgiveness for what he did and restoration.”
I am not under the impression this atheist moron a$$hole has asked to be forgiven, but rather is whining that his freedom of speech has consequences, namely other’s freedom of speech. (and freedom to not hire his stupid self. He’s surprised he can’t work in education? All the more reason to keep him out of it!)
i bet he cares now...
Who the f*ck is Logan? It doesn’t say. Is it his dog? No. Might it just be his boyfriend? Ruff teared up?
Oh, so Ruff is having a rough time because he yelled at a normal person.
Could his mental instability be due to his abuse and his suicide attempt?
So he can’t get a job. That’s a good thing. We don’t want mentally unstable people teaching our kids.
The leftist slob is paying the penalty for yelling at the kid. I have no sympathy for him.
Will the real Logan please stand up?
He seems to dug himself a pretty big hole in a lot of ways. Maybe he needs to start giving a **** about what Jesus says.
So one brief encounter with a teenager who disagreed with his worldview pushed this Administrator over the edge. Its clear he was very mentally ill prior to the encounter as well.
That's a good thing.
Oh, no. Good God.
He’s not sorry for what he did.
he’s sorry that he got caught doing it.
Lots of people have had to pay a price for their own stupidity and lack of impulse control. He should feel right at home down at the unemployment office.
He won't find what he really needs in a pill bottle or on a therapist's couch. He won't find it in bed with a sodomite partner, either.
I also recall the guy made a big deal out of being a fag.
Too bad for him.
I noted sign in photo, at link.
ONE WAY, pointing left and down.
Apropos!
“Dr. Ruff” suffers from anxiety and depression and is SOBBING and tried to commit SUICIDE when he was young and he’s in charge of CHILDREN?????? OMG!!!!
Screamed, eh? Usually a sign of demonic possession.
“He’s not sorry about his actions, he’s just sorry he got caught.
Spot on. He thought that he could berate a student with impunity; however, the Age of the Internet has changed that power structure.”
I think the only thing he is sorry for is that he is having to pay the consequences for his actions, not that he got caught because he still believes in abortions.
AMEN!!! He needs to turn to Jesus to turn his life right!
A homosexual man is never going to be pregnant, so why would he be insanely pro-abortion?
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