Lesbian couple protests school's decision

registerguard.com ^ | Aug 29, 2003 | By Anne Williams

[T Minus Four]

...she has attended and paid dues at St. Mary's since January after a long absence from the church. "I feel called to respond to my parish and the local parish school because of my developed Catholicism,"

Trust me, this translates into a reaction at seeing the difference between tuition for Catholic and non-Catholic students, probably in the neighborhood of one to three grand per year. Plus many parishes subsidize the Catholic student rate for regular mass attendees. Suddenly it pays to start going to church again.

[T Minus Four]

First of all- I am not aware of any "requirement" to pay dues as a member of a church

See my post #21. And when I say regular attendee, they count your attendence with the offering envelopes.

[MonroeDNA]

That is going to be one messed up child.

[Cold Heat]

The nerve!

[TexasCajun]

We send our children to PRIVATE school go get away from queers like these!

"queer" is now an acceptable term since they made the TV show Queer Guy for the Straight Guy.

[Teacher317]

Private school. They can make their own rules. Don't like it? Tough. Send your kids to the public school or another private school.

Ah, but liberal Left Coast judges can make their own rules for the entire nation to be subjected to.

What they are trying to lay the foundation for, IMHO, is to have ALL schools subject to discrimination laws, just as other public accomodation like hotels, restaurants, etc. McDonald's and Motel 6 (or privately-owned businesses like Joe's Eats and Apu's Sleep-Lodge) can't refuse to serve a person based on the color of their skin. This is merely expandng the infection of federal rule over our private choices of personal association. I'd give them 1-in-3 odds of winning in the state courts (and with 3 levels to appeal to...), and 1-in-4 odds at the federal level. The lower court's decision will be critical, so the gay lobby has probably shopped around carefully for the "correct" district.

[xsmommy]

dang it, why don't they send her to an Episcopal school??

[Teacher317]

LOL, I guess I could've read the article to verify my theory.

[Teacher317]

Boy Scout membership is not critical to normal everyday living and/or travel in the country (as food and lodging are in my example above). Education can easily be argued to be. This is no slam-dunk.

[CindyDawg]

And how did the school know about this? Surely, it wasn't thrown in their face. If she had just filled the application out and signed where it said mother there probably would not have been a problem. If they are going to "make stands" at admission then they are probably going to have problems with the curriculm too. Why would you want to place your child somewhere where she is going to be taught that what you are doing is wrong in God's eyes anyway?

[Alouette]

How long before they get together with this disgruntled, ex-Catholic-school student?

[WOSG]

Sure does. A sure 'set up'.

And the same Government that should stay out of consenting adult relations in one area is now supposed to INTERFERE with a private organization and its decisions ... ??? ... this is 'freedom' how ???

[TXBubba]

I think you are correct. This is one reason our church/school has questions regarding how some of the voucher systems would work. In general the voucher idea sounds great but if it is set up in a certain way it could leave the door open for the government to dictate how to run our school. Note that I am a supporter of vouchers as long as there are no ties to the government.

[INSENSITIVE GUY]

BOO! HOO!GOT CHANGE FOR A 3?

[bicycle thug]

Many gay and lesbian students flock to South Eugene High. It is the most pro-active about severely punishing anyone hassling them, and of course there is safety in numbers.

Eugene, Oregon has a much larger than average population of lesbians. They vastly outnumber that of gay men. There is also a Mariarchial group of feminists who scare the poop out of some people, and have others going after them with a vengence.

If you are male, talk too loud and macho, or piss them off; they put their cross hairs onto you. I have a friend in danger of being evicted from his office because he made an off hand crack one of them became enraged by. The spirit of the Salem Witch Trials is very much alive with that group of 'wymen.'

[friendly]

Smells like a set up for a test case to advance the agenda.

bingo!

[JimVT]

I think you have that right.

Isn't it amazing how people can change their mind about issues when their pocketbooks are affected.

I really pity the children of these liaisons.

[NeoCaveman]

A Catholic school, he said, "is essentially a business that provides service to the public at large."

What part of the word Catholic don't they understand?

[WOSG]

so "heretical" maybe another term ... i went to the link, here is what the link to "Catholic teaching" had to say:



Chastity and homosexuality
2357. Homosexuality refers to relations between men or between women who experience an exclusive or predominant sexual attraction toward persons of the same sex. It has taken a great variety of forms through the centuries and in different cultures. Its psychological genesis remains largely unexplained. Basing itself on Sacred Scripture, which presents homosexual acts as acts of grave depravity, tradition has always declared that "homosexual acts are intrinsically disordered." They are contrary to the natural law. They close the sexual act to the gift of life. They do not proceed from a genuine affective and sexual complementarity. Under no circumstances can they be approved.

2358. The number of men and women who have deep-seated homosexual tendencies is not negligible. This inclination, which is objectively dirordered, constitutes for most of them a trial. They must be accepted with respect, compassion, and sensitivity. Every sign of unjust discrimination in their regard should be avoided. These persons are called to fulfill God's will in their lives and, if they are Christians, to unite to the sacrifice of the Lord's Cross the difficulties they may encounter from their condition.

2359. Homosexual persons are called to chastity. By the virtues of self-mastery that teach them inner freedom, at times by the support of disinterested friendship, by prayer and sacramental grace, they can and should gradually and resolutely approach Christian perfection.

[olorin]

I totally agree. Hypothetically though, how do you think it would plkay out if it involved a federally subsidized school voucher?