Christian School Expels Girl for Having Gay Parents

AP ^ | September 23. 2005

[Conservative Lion]

ONTARIO, Calif. — A Christian school expelled a 14-year-old student because her parents are lesbians, the school's superintendent said in a letter. Shay Clark was expelled from Ontario Christian School (search) on Thursday. "Your family does not meet the policies of admission," Superintendent Leonard Stob wrote to Tina Clark, Shay's biological mother. The school's policy states that at least one parent cannot engage in practices "immoral or inconsistent with a positive Christian life style such as cohabitating without marriage or in a homosexual relationship," Stob wrote. Shay and her parents said they will not fight the ruling. Shay will attend public school next week. Stob could not be reached for comment. School administrators learned of the parents' relationship this week after Shay and another cheerleader were reprimanded for talking to the crowd during a Sept. 16 football game, according to Clark and her partner, Mitzi Gray. After school officials told Clark that her daughter could no longer attend the school, the mother was ordered to remove Shay from cheerleading practice, collect the girl's belongings and leave the property.

[sandbar]

Most un-Christian thing I have ever seen. If anything, this child is in need of this influence. I hope they see the error of their ways.

[pa mom]

Good decision making skills are fundamental to success in life. Hard to teach. Just remember, lots of people go through stuff in college. She'll come around. You are her greatest influence.

(Will you save that and send it back to me in a couple of years when mine go?)

[Sarah]

They PUT her in the school

[pa mom]

I am agree it is a tough call. Neither option seems ideal. But if you think that, apparently you become part of the agenda.

[AUsome Joy]

The rules of one Christian school I am very familiar with allows a student to go there in the elementary grades if one parent is a Christian. Entering Junior High, the child has to make their own profession of faith.

The decision the school in this article made upholds the rules for that school.

If that child continues at that school the school would be put into the position of allowing the "parents" to come to school functions, etc. and seem to condone their lifestyle. There is really no other recourse for that school. They have to consider the other students and parents.

[sandbar]

>>>I disagree with this decision. If anyone could use a good, solid Christian education, it's this poor girl. It's not her fault that her immoral "parents" are using her for thir own selfish purposes.>>>

I agree wholeheartedly. I hate that many on FR rejoice this decision as it validates their hatred. Jesus hung out with many 'undesirables', but they needed it the most. Why do modern Christians become what they claim to hate? And they become everything Jesus wasn't.

[pa mom]

No, I want nerdy children! Being cool (and the never-ending quest for elusive cool) got me in trouble.

[twigs]

Thanks! I've been dragging here in the dust all day thinking about her. But she lives at home, so I have to witness it. Now I'm having to learn the extremely difficult lesson of keeping my mouth shut. Was never very good at that. If I was, I probably won't love freeping so much. I'm sure your children will be great!

[Drammach]

This is Ontario, California, not Canada.

I stand corrected.

Thank You..

Seeing Ontario, I simply assumed it was Canada..

[sandbar]

>>>No, I want nerdy children! Being cool (and the never-ending quest for elusive cool) got me in trouble.>>>

AMEN!!!

[Pure Country]

Wouldn't the child benefit from the Christian atmosphere of the school? It would seem to counterbalance what she is getting from home. This is a school whose mission is evidently to instill Christian values in its students. By expelling this student, the school has failed in its mission, at least in this case.

I think the difference is that in most Christian Schools the parents have to be very actively involved in many aspects of the school. If they make an exception for this "family" then that would open the door for many more forced exceptions. If any sueing is to be done, the school should sue the couple for falsely entering the child in the school system.

[twigs]

I think you don't understand the reason why many of us "rejoice" in this decision. I don't see any rejoicing going on for one thing because most everyone I've read feel for this child and the position she's in. And most agree that the environment would probably be good for her. I believe that we should be willing to hang out with "undesirables" and witness to those who need it. But I DON'T believe that we put our children out to pasture to do that for us. Parents need to protect them until they're older. Christians aren't becoming what they hate here. They're obeying the Bible's command to bring up their children as they ought.

[DownInFlames]

Both of my kids went to a Christian school and before they would be accepted, at least one of the parents must profess their faith towards Christ. Nice to see that the school is enforcing their rules.

[MortMan]

This is a school whose mission is evidently to instill Christian values in its students. By expelling this student, the school has failed in its mission, at least in this case.

I disagree. Christian values also include standing up for what is right and against what is wrong. To ignore the alternative family makeup is to tacitly approve it, IMO.

[helen crump]

My daughter attends a private school with similar rules as this. On the surface, I see your point. However, situations similar to this have occurred at my daughters school with the same results. At first, I thought, hey we are a Christian school. These kids need to be here. But, I was told and now understand that the original charter and mission of the school is not to reform or rehabilitate or necessarily bring in those that need to be exposed to Christianity. The original charter is to build a school that provides a safe environment so that our children can learn without the distractions and exposure to this type of lifestyle and others that we as a Christian school deem inappropriate. It is about our rights as Christians and members of this private school to have our childen educated in a place we deem appropriate. Private schhol parents have that right.

[Labyrinthos]

True, but that never stopped a lawyer...........

A lawyer can't sue without a plaintiff.

[taxed2death]

Whatever happened to "hate the sin, not the sinner"?

LOL

How can these good Christians ever hope to "save" this child by turning their backs on her?

LOL

Oh, the hypocrisy...hahahahhah


....some "christians"....

[Red Badger]

A lawyer in search of a plaintiff? John Edwards, is that you?.......

[taxed2death]

"I disagree with this decision. If anyone could use a good, solid Christian education, it's this poor girl. It's not her fault that her immoral "parents" are using her for thir own selfish purposes."


EGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGSACTLY!

[fr_freak]

I hate that many on FR rejoice this decision as it validates their hatred. Jesus hung out with many 'undesirables', but they needed it the most. Why do modern Christians become what they claim to hate? And they become everything Jesus wasn't.

This is a school - not a church, and its purpose is to educate Christian children in a Christian environment to prepare them for the world ahead. Leave the walking among the "undesirables" to the adults who have made their decisions about what they believe. In addition, there is nothing Christian about tolerating and accepting willfully sinful behavior. Jesus preached love, even for sinners (perhaps especially for sinners) but that doesn't mean He advocated accepting their behaviors into one's home and implying to one's own children that such behavior is acceptable. Such over-reaching tolerance is exactly what has led so many of today's churches away from true scripture.

Acceptance of a student for a school like that is an implied acceptance of the family, so to accept a family of lesbians is to imply acceptance of homosexuality itself. The girl may be in even greater need of Christian influence than your average kid, but, as most people are aware, the parents are the greatest influence in a child's life, so for a Christian school to attempt to override the values a child is receiving from home is probably a waste of time. The school and the parents must be in agreement in order to achieve any real instillation of values. Meanwhile, the school has to worry about this "family" polluting the other students with pro-homosexuality ideology.