Parents Try To Oust Gay Couple's Kids From Catholic School

[davidinalameda]

http://www.365gay.com/newscon05/01/010205calSchool.htm

A group of parents and parishioners has accused the Roman Catholic diocese of Orange County of violating church doctrine by allowing a gay couple to enroll their children in a Catholic school.

The group has demanded that St. John the Baptist School in Costa Mesa accept only families that pledge to abide by Catholic teachings. That would likely bar the men's two adopted boys from attending the school's kindergarten because of church opposition to relationships and adoption by same-sex couples.

"This is not a radical or mean-spirited approach to Catholic education," the group told the school in a letter reviewed by the Los Angeles Times. "It is a straightforward assurance to any prospective parent that their child will be taught the fullness of Roman Catholic doctrine."

[Verve]

1. I hope other parents threaten to pull their own kids if the the gay couple

cannot enroll their children.

Sadly, money talks. Religion is no exception!

[Kber]

2. heaven forbid their kids interact with these "tainted" 5 year olds

and therefore risk learning that their parents are just as likely to be kind and patient, overworked and impatient, friendly, distant, etc. as any other set of folks.

Wouldn't want experience and logic to interfere with religious teachings would we now.

Yikes!

[whistle]

3. Sounds like the UCC TV commercial...

[Moderator]

4. Dupe...

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