Posted on 08/23/2022 2:56:22 PM PDT by simpson96
EMPORIA (KSNT) – An Emporia music teacher was let go from her job after authorities at the school learned she had organized a “Vote No” rally on the steps of the William Lyndsay White Civic Auditorium in July.
Alexis Lowder, a music teacher at Sacred Heart of Jesus, Catholic Church & School, was told her, “…words and actions while organizing and participating in a ‘Vote No’ rally are inconsistent with the teachings of the Catholic Church.” With that, Lowder said the school terminated her employment.(snip)
After moving to Emporia, Lowder learned Sacred Heart had been looking for a music teacher, and although she was tentative, she applied and was hired by the elementary school. Lowder, who was raised Catholic but is no longer practicing and hasn’t been for nearly eight years, said she was asked about her faith during the hiring process.
“They did ask about my faith, but it was never an issue,” Lowder said.
Although Lowder feared retribution from Sacred Heart, she said she felt like she had to do something.
“It was such a pressing issue the day the Supreme Court issued the decision, I knew I couldn’t just lay in bed,” Lowder said. “I had the ability to bring people together.”
On July 9, Lowder led a rally with approximately 200 people who gathered to rally for abortion rights. Lowder confesses she was once on the other side of the issue, but never identified with the pro-life movement.
“You can’t be pro-life and be pro-death penalty,” Lowder said. “All lives are important.”(snip)
Lowder said she started to develop a stronger sense of empathy. “Catholic women are getting abortions at the same rate as other women,” Lowder said.
Will KS Republicans back abortion restrictions after Primary loss? The former music teacher said she is not sure what her next move will be, and whether she will seek legal action.
“I haven’t decided whether to take legal action,” Lowder said. “But, they are definitely in the wrong.”
Lowder does not believe employers have the right to tell employees what they can do when they are not at work.
“My politics outside school is not their business,” Lowder said. “I think this is what they want. We’re seeing so many conservative attacks on teachers.”
God or Moloch. Make your decision, lady.
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Disagreeing with Catholic doctrine is hardly bigotry. There will be Catholics in heaven, but it will be in spite of the teachings of the church.
Before you throw more stones, maybe you can get your church to renounce its anti-Protestant "bigotry" and revoke those anathemas from Trent.
Unless they want it. Then its a baby.
That’s not logic. That’s emotion. Gynosociety needs to be destroyed and the real nation put back in place.
So many of them are fat and ugly cows. And on the inside ? The ugly and evil is unimaginable.
Label me any way you’d like.
Keep the death penalty rare, safe, and legal.
The irony is that the people that scream the loudest and protest the most in favor of abortion are the people that are at no risk of ever getting pregnant. Among those being women like her, lesbians, queers, transgendered, pedophiles, the slovenly and obese, Male cucks, and uber feminists.
Ridiculous.
Our government has become far too corrupt to trust with the death penalty.
It’s just a matter of time before it is used on political enemies!
They treat the unborn baby as a piece of meat while they think it won’t happen to them. The slippery slope is not a fun ride.
Well, I was playing on words—Clinton’s quote about abortion.
That said, I always thought they were awful quick to execute McVeigh.
For once a Catholic school does the right thing and fires this beast.
Yep.
Addition by subtraction.
Plus size in photos....
Still a sad thing that young people are already so overweight.
I happened upon a large gathered crowd photo from probably 1960. Perhaps 3-4 people in the entire crowd scene were heavy. Nearly everyone was within 5 pounds of average.
I’m sure most of us are heavier now than our youth but think if we had started in our youth as already overweight.
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