Posted on 03/09/2010 7:48:47 AM PST by NYer
They’re probably looking for a lawsuit and easy money too. That poor child is going to endure abuse from other kids, regardless of where the parents send them, because of their chosen lifestyle.
I hope the homosexual attacks on the traditional churches and the military are being seen for what they are. This “couple” could care less about keeping the kid in this school because it is the best. This is just more of the same- attack and destroy traditional religions.
I am not a Catholic, but I attended a Catholic school through 6th grade. I would like to say that they were very respectful of non-Catholic beliefs and expected the same respect when it came to their beliefs. I applaud this school for making a stand in what they see as a subversive witness to their mission.
I believe that they have thought it out very well. We are getting all the negatives in this story from only one side, that of the parents. The school and the Archdiocese have taken the high road here and are not saying anything negative about what the parents have done. There is much more to the story than we are getting from the media who have gotten their story from a group of activist homosexuals.
I think that the school and the Church should be commended on their handling of this situation. They have chosen not to be confrontational.
BTW Did you see the other article posted about this where the church members crossed the street to offer the protesters donuts and coffee during Sunday services?
Of course. Generally speaking they come from the same tradition and share a common ethos. The exceptions are of course those who cherry-pick the tenets of their faith in the name of a dubious progressivism. Those who feel no remorse in engaging in homosexuality do not share in the traditional Judeo-Christian ethos. While a point may be made that it's not the child's fault, it is the parent, not the Church who is to blame here. If the tenets of the Christian ethic are not reinforced at home, a Catholic education is a waste of time.
As it is, there are parents at my children's school who are not doing their part and their kids end up being a bad influence.
The purpose of a parochial school isn't merely to impart values. It's to bring the children deeper into the life of the Church. When you have a child who is unable to do so as a result of her upbringing, it defeats the purpose. The Church's role in this scenario is to convert the unconverted in an external and/or worship setting (minus the sacraments); not invite the unconverted to participate in a Christian educational setting.
Of course. Generally speaking they come from the same tradition and share a common ethos. The exceptions are of course those who cherry-pick the tenets of their faith in the name of a dubious progressivism. Those who feel no remorse in engaging in homosexuality do not share in the traditional Judeo-Christian ethos. While a point may be made that it's not the child's fault, it is the parent, not the Church who is to blame here. If the tenets of the Christian ethic are not reinforced at home, a Catholic education is a waste of time.
As it is, there are parents at my children's school who are not doing their part and their kids end up being a bad influence.
the kid will do just fine in a Quaker, Episcopalian, Unitarian, UCC, Lutheran, Methodist, Presby or any other number of private religious schools- among others
Attending a private religious school is a privilege, not a right
The fact that this poor girl’s mother and partner chose a Catholic school is problematic, since they would undoubtedly spend a great deal of time arguing with the school over “bias” or “bigotry”, and/or telling the child to ignore or consider wrong and bigoted the values she was taught there
The child has ONE mother and ONE absent father.
the other woman is just the sexual fetish partner of the mother.
That is my impression as well. The mere fact that this is a “re-admission” issue reinforces that impression.
Maybe, but then the “parents” will begin to worm other ideals into the curriculum and then site bias’ that are against federal laws and then you have a whole new can of worms opened. Attending a Catholic school is a privedge not a right. I smell a rat with the parents on this one.
Excellent response.
re-admission but did the mother mislead to imply the child had a mother and a father?
The article is a “fail” because it uses “parent” in the tradition of the heather has two momies book.
misleading is the same as a lie.
I think you should get all of the facts before opining on a topic you know little about.
Yeah, I guess he had to. What’s sad is that he even had to explain it to boneheaded Catholics.
The media, as you know only too well, like to extract pieces of information and spin it into something controversial. In this article, the bishop goes into details. Enjoy!
“The child, whose two parents are women”
Now THAT’S interesting!
Didn’t think humans could reproduce by parthenogenesis! And if they could, what’s the second woman for?
I suspect this poor, abused little girl has a father, somewhere. Some people have no shame!
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