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Still, nobody did anything wrong until somebody's beliefs almost ruined somebody's career for their beliefs.
It was the teacher's beliefs that caused the trouble. He has the right to believe whatever he wants. However, stating that belief as fact is totally out of line. Should he have been fired? Probably not. Should he have been punished? Yes. He abused his authority.
he hardly abused his authority, he only pointed out that snakes infact cannot talk
That was by no means "all" he pointed out.

I told them it was an extremely meaningful story, but you had to see it in a poetic, metaphoric or symbolic sense, that if you took it literally, that you were going to miss a whole lot of meaning there.
He has no right to tell anyone how they "have" to view their relegion. His opinion is that the story is full of depth, meaning, and metaphorical imagery. I don't even disagree with that. He overstepped his authority in using his position as a teacher to present that view as the only view. His class was western civilization, not interpretation of relegious dogma.