Gay Couple's Sons Anger Catholic Parents (re-post)

[Bertha Venation]

From the AP
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/apus_story.asp?category=1110&slug=School%20Dispute

(The Los Angeles Times has a better article but it's by subscription only: http://www.latimes.com/news/local/state/la-me-twodads2jan02,1,5744411.story?coll=la-news-state)

January 02, 2005 2:14 PM EST

COSTA MESA, Calif. - Some parents and parishioners have accused the Roman Catholic diocese in Orange County of violating church doctrine by allowing a gay couple to enroll their children in a church school.

The group demanded that St. John the Baptist School in Costa Mesa accept only families that pledge to abide by Catholic teachings, the Los Angeles Times reported in Sunday's editions. Church doctrine opposes gay relationships and adoption by same-sex couples.

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School officials rejected the demand, and issued a new policy stating that a family's background "does not constitute an absolute obstacle to enrollment in the school."

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"The boys are being used as pawns by these men to further their agenda," said Monica Sii, who has four children at the school.

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I loathe the ignorance and the arrogance of the bigoted clergy and laymen of the Catholic Church.

Please see original thread here; some folks posted comments.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=221x3660

[tx_dem41]

1. Why would you loathe the Catholic Church...

when the Catholic school is the good guys in this story (they rejected the bigoted parents' demands)????

[Spinzonner]

2. Their agenda is

to live their lives, love their family, raise their children, give them a good education, pay their taxes, care for each other ...

I mean, how dare they.

[Cuban_Liberal]

3. I would point out that it is the Church who is siding with the kids. n/t

[Bertha Venation]

6. Tony

No offense intended. I'm sorry; it was a poor choice of words.

[Cuban_Liberal]

7. 's OK, Kim.

No blood, no foul.

:hi:

[Bertha Venation]

8. I get so angry when protestants are marginalized, when generalizations

are leveled at "all Christians." And here I've done the same thing to Catholics. Sigh.

[Bertha Venation]

4. Good point, Tony & tx_dem. I'll edit my comment. n/t

[purduejake]

5. This school was right, but the doctine itself is bigoted.

I don't know one Catholic who doesn't have much different viewpoints than the church concerning sex, being forgiven, and many social issues.