Students rally to support gay teacher fired from Catholic school Edit: (video added)
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By Carla Rivera
August 8, 2013, 9:25 a.m.
Students rallied Thursday at St. Lucy’s Priory High School in Glendora to support a gay teacher who was fired after he married his partner.
Ken Bencomo, 45, of Rancho Cucamonga, was fired from his teaching position at the Catholic girls school after photos of his wedding to partner Christopher Persky, 32, were published in a local newspaper last month.
They were among the first couples to be married at the San Bernardino County assessor–recorder’s office after a U.S. Supreme Court ruling allowing gay couples to marry in California.
Bencomo had worked at St. Lucy’s for 17 years and school administrators knew of his sexual orientation for most of that time, his attorney, Patrick McGarrigle, said.
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-gay-teacher-catholic-fired-20130808,0,2610005.story
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