Posted on 12/04/2014 4:10:37 PM PST by Citizen Zed
A former Catholic choir director who is gay filed a lawsuit Thursday after he was fired when he announced plans to marry his partner.
Colin Collette along with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the Cook County Human Rights Commission filed the suit against Holy Family Parish and its pastor at the Rolling Meadows courthouse.
Collette claims he was fired over the summer from his position as the choir director at Holy Family parish in Inverness when he announced his engagement to his longtime partner.
It saddens me to have this integral part of my life taken away because I have chosen to enter into a marriage as is my right under Illinois law, he said.
It remains unclear if the states gay marriage law will impact the Catholic Church.
The courts will make that determination, said Collettes lawyer Kerry Lavelle. [Collette] is not yet married, he is moving towards that and he has that right under Illinois law.
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I absolutely abhor that droning tune to “On Eagles Wings”. First time I heard it was at a Catholic funeral. Talk about depressing.......gahhh!
I absolutely abhor that droning tune to On Eagles Wings. First time I heard it was at a Catholic funeral. Talk about depressing.......gahhh!
...yes, but the blue haired ladies that run the average Novus Ordo parish love it, and so its infamy will live on...
...and in truth, there are many hymns which are far worse...St. Louis Jesuits, anyone...?
We could devote a Catholic Caucus thread to awful music at Mass, I’m sure.
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