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Catholic School Rejects Kid of Gay Parents, Boston Archdiocese Against Decision
Catholic officials decided not to allow an eight-year-old out in Hingham Catholic school in Massachusetts because his parents are a lesbian couple. USA Today reported that Catholic officials made the decision because the couple was “in discord” with Catholic teachings that marriage is between a man and a woman.
But, in a twist that differs from a similar incident in Boulder, Colo., the archdiocese of Boston, is reaching out to help the mothers find a Catholic school that would be more accepting. The Boston Globe reported that the Catholic Schools Foundation, foremost scholarship source for low-income students, announced that it would not support any school which discriminates.
Jarrett T. Barrios, president of the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation said, “I send my child to a Catholic school where they know that my son has two dads and where the principal told me the founding principle of this school is the central tenet of the teachings of Jesus Christ, and that is love.’’
Mary Grassa O’Neill, Secretary for Education and Superintendent of Catholic schools for the Archdioces of Boston, said they “welcome children based on their parent’s understanding that the teachings of the Church are an important component of the curriculum and are part of the students’ educational experience.”
In the same week, the Pope decried same-sex marriage as “insidious and dangerous” while preaching to a crowd of a half a million people in Portugal—a country where a law which made same-sex marriage legal was passed easily by the Parliament and awaits signing by Portugal’s president.
GLAAD will continue to monitor actions of Catholic officials and shine a light on growing support for LGBT equality among Catholics in the pew—despite Vatican opposition.
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I want to see where Jesus
...was accepting of homosexuality . There is a scripture that points to Jesus eating with all kinds of people, none were homosexuals .
There's not a positive scripture towards homosexuals at all in the entire Bible. Schools shouldn't discriminate if they are public and paid by taxes . Private schools can do that all they want. Don't like it? Oh well. Also Jarrett T. Barrios is not someone that has read the bible . He's who I have a problem with here. Allow who you want to go into your school , but do not state that Jesus would have without having backing and stating "love" is not backing.
Love covers a multitude of sins. Using love as a reason would mean that there is sin and what sin is that other than imperfection? Because everyone has that.
If someone is thinking of David and Johnathan as an example fail to understand the remarkable use of love in the bible. It's not so easily sexual as it is used to day. "We made love" as disingenuous as that is...the bible didn't use that word so loosely. The bible speaks about the power of love between friends. Loving one so much that you'd give your life for them or loving them so much you're close than a brother. The love between David and Johnathan was just that....a love between two brothers.
People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought which they avoid. - Soren Aabye Kierkegaard (1813-1855)
Let's dive a little deeper
On what basis do you claim that (1) Jesus actually existed, and (2) that he also is a god , knowing that there is no verifiable and falsifiable evidence for the existence if any god or gods.
Be forewarned that referring to the bible does not qualify as verifiable and falsifiable evidence,
What?
That's like asking you to prove that the Earth is round without using photos from outer space . There's no need to dive into anything since this was not about a broader subject like what you're bringing up.
People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought which they avoid. - Soren Aabye Kierkegaard (1813-1855)
I'm not quite sure I understand this
post. At first you are attacking the homosexuals , and then I am not sure where it goes, and BTW where did you come up with eating statistics?
I dont care really about any of this accept to say, to punish the child for something that child can nothing about is not Christian behavior. Are they afraid the child is going to bring fairy dust to school and throw it on the other kids ? Ridiculous behavior.
The eating thing
is when Jesus ate he ate with many people like tax collectors (one of the worst to eat with at that time) and murderers....among others. But in that list there was no mention of homosexuals .
It's not punishing the child . Parents do affect how their children are treated.
People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought which they avoid. - Soren Aabye Kierkegaard (1813-1855)
I think that eating thing is a shot in the
dark. I dont know of anywhere, Jesus had ANY contact with homosexuals , because unless you can quote me a scripture there is no any mention of homosexuals in the scriptures of Jesus activities.
And yes parents do affect their children , but this is supposed to be a school that is a part of a so called Christian organization. They are not teaching the parents, and if the church wanted to make an impression on the children regarding the teachings of the Bible, how is sending them home helping them at all? You cant hold the "sins" of the parents against a child , that issenseless and counter productive.
Yes the sins of the father....
...do affect the child . It's how it is. If you don't think so then Micheal Jackson's children will never be asked about their father ...ever. If they do get asked about their father then they are being branded with the sins of their father.
The problem isn't that the child gets to go tot he school or not. That's the school's choice. I personally think that it doesn't matter who his fathers are. My problem is the use of the bible as backing for making the decision. Love has nothing to do with it. Love doesn't cover over sinning on purpose. Whether people like it or not Homosexuality is not ok with the Bible. Period.
The school can have the child and have the child without using the bible as a reason to have or not have the child.
People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought which they avoid. - Soren Aabye Kierkegaard (1813-1855)
divorce
Isn't divorce also not ok according to the bible ? Yet the divorce rate in the US is quite high. Do these schools do background screening on parents to see if they have ever been divorced for reasons not appropriate as deemed by the bible?
How Many Times does the
democratic party have to say that America is not a Christian nation before someone understands that fact? The Bible does talk about divorce and it's a reasonable thing to do when your husband or wife is abusive, has cheated or is someone that isn't doing as they should as part of a loving relationship---like holding back sex as punishment .
I dislike when people try to use the Bible against those that state they follow it. You can't use it against anyone if you don't follow it yourself. Sorry...doesn't work that way.
People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought which they avoid. - Soren Aabye Kierkegaard (1813-1855)
hmm
You didn't really answer my questions. And if you read closely, I implied that the bible does have exceptions for allowing divorce . From what I've read, only in the case of sexual infidelity is it permitted.
But let's forget about divorce, specifically. Should these schools run background checks on the parents to ensure that they have not done anything which goes against the grain of the bible? Or is simply viewing them in person good enough, since they can at least weed out the homosexual couples?
The School can do whatever....
....they want. They're a private school . That's how it works. GLAAD can't force them to take anyone they don't want.
Your tax money does not fund them.
My issue is using the bible to dictate who you will and will not allow as backing. If this decision is based on their own personal preferences...ok. But to state the Bible backs them is a lie. It does not.
People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought which they avoid. - Soren Aabye Kierkegaard (1813-1855)
yes
I know they can do what they want. But it strikes me that they can and do discriminate when they see a homosexual couple, yet don't worry about the history of a particular couple which could show evidence for much more serious anti- bible issues. Or perhaps I could be wrong , maybe these schools do perform background checks on the parents; I really don't know that fact.
But imagine all of the skeletons in the closet of the parents whose children are allowed to attend. Those children are exposed to "immoral" parents as well, it just is not obvious to the school that the parents are behaving inappropriately.
less we forget
That such schools are not without problems within the staff. Students are only as good as who they are around and if wholesome mattered then less people would be accepted as students and staff.
People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought which they avoid. - Soren Aabye Kierkegaard (1813-1855)
You missed your chance.
This child probably won't hear the message that you wished his parents had heard where he goes to school or church right now.
I don't follow anyone, because those that appear to be on the same path usually end up just getting in my way.