Court: Christian school can expel lesbian students

I was just gonna post this.

It's a private school so I guess they can do this. But what upsets me is that all parochial schools have to accept students of any faith by law. So, for example, if a Muslim student wanted to attend they couldn't deny him admission.
But once again gays are second class citizens in the eyes of the law.

And another thing is that the article says "alleged". There's not even proof. How much like a witch hunt is that?

But I guess I shouldn't expect any more from a religious-based institution.

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Who's surprised?

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why is it infuriating? it's a christian school. if they do not get public funds, the gov't cannot tell them who they can and cannot accept or exclude. if you want a more inclusive and accepting experience, don't go to a christian school.

this is the same to me as people who want to be catholic, but only want the parts of catholicism that they like. "i'm catholic. and gay!" really? how's that working out for ya? oh, you don't acknowledge the pope or buy into the church's actual doctrine? that's kinda like someone saying, i'm gay but i excusively have sex and relationships with members of the opposite sex. really?

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Can't they just confess the gay away each week?

Do Lutherans have confession? I thought they traded that in for a Hot Dish.

Papa, how is being gay and catholic any different from being a straight Catholic who knowingly commits sins and confesses them away?

There's a separation of church of state when it benefits the church.

I worked at a Christian school last year and a fellow teacher and friend got fired after working there for 6 or 7 years with great success as a teacher simply because she got pregnant without being married. The horrible part of it all was that if she'd kept it under wraps, had an abortion, and all of that then she could have kept her job and not been put through all sorts of embarrassment. She had to move back in with her parents because they fired her the day they found out, no grace period, no severance pay- nada. Just a letter from the church that the school was attached to offering to help her through the "poverty fund" with her expenses while she dealt with her unfortunate situation. They threw her out on her butt and had the gall to offer her a poverty hand out like some horrible accident befell her not the truth that they heartlessly threw her out well before she was even showing and without giving her an opportunity to find another job.
So much for a Christian attitude there...

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I thought the only unforgivable sin was denouncing the holy spirit.

pretty much anything can be forgiven, phyllis, but you must make a true act of contrition to earn forgiveness. part of that is actually believing that you will not do something again and actively working to avoid putting yourself in the kind of situation where you might. the mere act of telling a priest is not good enough.

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*raises hand* Gay Catholic.

I'm not in a religious school, it's multi-denominational, but it's private, so they can throw out whoever they like, or more often just make life difficult so they want to leave. It's an evil tactic. That's why no one is 'out' in the school. They'd never survive.

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The court made the right decision. Though private schools shouldn't be forced to accept other faiths either.

This is the stance that is not only fair (though awful it may be), but necessary if we are to get public support for our rights--one of the biggest fears some people of faith had was that churches would be forced to marry gays. They shouldn't have to. Let them do their thing and let me do mine. There are gay friendly churches if one wants to get married in a church.

As for the "you can't be gay and Catholic" stance, that's just a bull****ty bunch of crap. Catholics left and right don't adhere to every decree coming from the Vatican, so that argument doesn't really fly. The fact is--there ARE gay Catholics and organizations to support them just as there ARE gay Protestants and Jews, etc. and gay friends churches and synagogues throughout America and around the world. There IS a religious left. Not everyone agrees that the Bible has been translated and/or interpreted correctly.

"How's that working out for ya?" I'm sure it's not always easy for gay or gay friendly Catholics, nor other faiths. Especially when so many people are quick to exclaim that there is only ONE correct way to view the Bible/God's word. THEIRS.

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