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RALEIGH, N.C., Feb. 16 (UPI) -- A North Carolina teacher who said on her Facebook page that a student who left a Bible on her desk committed a hate crime could lose her job.
The Bible, given anonymously, was accompanied by a Christmas card with the word Christ underlined, the Raleigh News & Observer reported. Melissa Hussain's Facebook page does not reveal her own religious beliefs, but she did express annoyance at students in her middle-school class trying to convert her.
Some of the most provocative comments on the page were made by others, including someone who talked about "ignorant Southern rednecks" and another who suggested Hussain bring in a poster of NASCAR star Dale Earnhardt Jr. with a swastika on his forehead.
Hussain has been teaching at West Lake Middle School since 2006 and is currently an eighth-grade science teacher. Greg Thomas, a spokesman for the Wake County schools, said she was suspended with pay Friday while the case is investigated.
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