House Democratic Leader Upset Over Republican's Teacher Remark

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Story Created: Feb 3, 2012 at 7:22 PM CDT

Story Updated: Feb 3, 2012 at 7:23 PM CDT

The Democratic leader of the Alabama House is calling remarks by a Republican senator blasphemous.
   
House Minority Leader Craig Ford reacted Friday to comments by Sen. Shadrack McGill. McGill told a prayer breakfast in Fort Payne, "It's a biblical principle. If you double a teacher's pay scale, you'll attract people who aren't called to teach."
   
The freshman senator said teaching is a calling, and people who are called to teach would do it regardless of the pay scale.
   
Ford said he doesn't know what Bible McGill is reading, "but it's not the King James version."
   
The Republican chairman of the Senate education budget committee, Trip Pittman, said teaching is a calling, but he hopes to be able to improve teachers' compensation when the economy recovers.


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