Posted on 05/24/2019 2:10:51 AM PDT by SMGFan
Students from the Bergen County Arts & Science Charter School -- a public school that rents space from Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Church in Hackensack -- say they were forced to tone-down a mural with LGBTQ components.
A rainbow heart was painted all red on a pillar inside the school. But it was interlocking male symbols, inspired by artist Keith Haring’s work, that drew the real protest from the landlords, the Archdiocese said.
Kelly Bedrosian, 23, of Clifton, who was in the final graduating class at Holy Trinity, had her first job with the parish and taught Sunday school there, said she was shocked when she heard about the mural uproar.
“I feel so bad for these kids. They’re in high school, trying to express themselves -- this is nuts," she said. “They didn’t teach me to discriminate when I was there, so why are they teaching these kids now?”
A call to Holy Trinity Church was not immediately returned. The Archdiocese of Newark, meanwhile, said the facts of the incident have been “grossly misrepresented.”
“The Holy Trinity Church simply raised two concerns. First, that the school refrain from consistently painting on the building surfaces. Secondly, that the school remove some content in a new painting, which included some symbols of sexuality that were inappropriate for the building, as the building is utilized by parishioners of the Church, as well as the School,” the statement said.
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So murals of erect penises are out? How discriminatory!
I do not see it as a win for right, they should have been prosecuted and sent to prison.
I missed that specific detail of the mural. Is that a factual detail in question?
Good! Keep fighting back against these horrible people.
JoMa
No, lady, you ae nuts. Thy are in high school and can either wait until they have graduated to express themselves or express themselves elsewhere. Maybe what the school needs is a class on etiquette.
Yes.
“...interlocking male symbols...”
The “interlocking” is an artistic depiction of sodomy.
The bigger issue here is that this is what the Catholic Church has been reduced to in Marxist dumps like New Jersey: closing parish schools and selling or leasing the buildings to the government for secular uses.
WHT the F are there HOMOSEXUAL MURALS in a HIGH SCHOOL??????? Where are the STUPID PARENTS????
Wtf is it? Looks like a couple of boxers.
I couldn’t find an image of the subject mural but search the original that “inspired” the students.
look for keith haring work. /s
What would have happened if the students had expressed themselves using a religious theme?
LGBTQ-what does the Q stand for?
“Maybe what the school needs is a class on etiquette. “
Deportment was taught in Tampa schools until some time in the middle sixties when they decided it wasn’t necessary. They were getting progressive, you see. Everything from how to set a table to greeting guests was taught. No more.
Without looking, can anyone guess what disease Keith Haring died from?
Questioing.
I’m sure some Obama appointed judge will force the school to put it back up.
No, I thought I wouldn't need a /sarc tag for that comment. It was not part of the story.
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