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Teachers to Strike After UK Archdiocese Bans LGBT Author from Speaking at Catholic School
LifeSite News ^ | 4/14/22 | Michael Haynes

Posted on 04/17/2022 6:50:30 PM PDT by marshmallow

The Archdiocese of Southwark continues to face vocal criticism after it prevented a pro-LGBT author from presenting his sexual explicit books at a Catholic school in March.

CROYDON, U.K. (LifeSiteNews) – Teachers at a Catholic school in the U.K. voted to go on strike as part of the ongoing fallout over the Archdiocese of Southwark’s decision to ban an LGBT author from speaking at the school in March.

The Telegraph reported that teaching members of the National Education Union (NEU) at the Catholic John Fisher School in south London voted to go on strike after Southwark Archbishop John Wilson prevented LGBT young adults author Simon James Green from speaking at the school.

Green, who has been described as a “leading LGBTQ+ author” and as “one of the UK’s leading writers of LGBTQ+ teen fiction,” was due to attend the school on March 7, World Book Day. After a firm campaign against the event by Catholic Truth Scotland, the Education Commission of the Southwark Archdiocese published a statement advising against the event.

Dr. Simon Hughes, the director of education and diocesan schools commissioner, wrote that “from time to time materials or events emerge for consideration that fall outside the scope of what is permissible in a Catholic school, because they do not comply with all aspects of the tests cited above – for example the protected characteristic ‘religion’ (Part 2 of the Equalities Act 2010) and all that that encompasses in our context … The book-signing event scheduled for 7 March 2022 at The John Fisher School, Purley is one such event and we have recommended that the school’s leaders cancel it.”

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TOPICS: Catholic; Current Events; Moral Issues; Religion & Culture
KEYWORDS: homofascism; neu; simonjamesgreen

1 posted on 04/17/2022 6:50:30 PM PDT by marshmallow
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To: marshmallow

Isn’t this a kiss my grits occasion?


2 posted on 04/17/2022 6:53:54 PM PDT by Chickensoup ( Leftists totalitarian fascists are eradicating conservatives)
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To: Chickensoup

Catholic? Not hardly.


3 posted on 04/17/2022 6:57:19 PM PDT by KierkegaardMAN (I never engage in a battle of wits with an unarmed man.)
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To: marshmallow

LGBT= Log butt.


4 posted on 04/17/2022 6:58:53 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (THE ISSUE IS NEVER THE ISSUE. THE REVOLUTION IS THE ISSUE.)
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To: marshmallow

Teachers should quit. If they don’t like the teachings of the church they are free to find another job.


5 posted on 04/17/2022 7:02:54 PM PDT by packagingguy
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To: marshmallow
Someone ought to rap those 'teachers' of the knuckles with a yardstick.
A Catholic school, right? Well?
6 posted on 04/17/2022 7:03:39 PM PDT by GaltAdonis ( )
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To: marshmallow

Now you know who to fire.

L


7 posted on 04/17/2022 7:03:59 PM PDT by Lurker (Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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To: marshmallow

Teachers to Strike After UK Archdiocese Bans LGBT Author from Speaking at Catholic School

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Nice! Now the school will know who they should fire.


8 posted on 04/17/2022 7:32:06 PM PDT by Bishop_Malachi (Liberal Socialism - A philosophy which advocates spreading a low standard of living equally.)
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To: marshmallow

Well - you know who to fire now.


9 posted on 04/17/2022 7:43:38 PM PDT by Republican Wildcat
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To: Republican Wildcat

I’m beginning to think all teachers should be fired. Education majors, along with communications majors, were always known to be the dumbest people in any college.

But now they’re downright evil. And they want to control your children.


10 posted on 04/17/2022 8:18:01 PM PDT by livius
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To: livius

There’s a reason why scum like Bill Ayers stopped making bombs to teach (indoctrinate) teachers (propagandists).


11 posted on 04/17/2022 9:51:27 PM PDT by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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To: Rurudyne

Makes sense. However, if we stopped giving them our children, it would nullify their efforts.


12 posted on 04/18/2022 1:47:22 AM PDT by momincombatboots (Ephesians 6... who you are really at war with. )
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To: marshmallow

Churches holding the line on sin… not allowed.


13 posted on 04/18/2022 3:05:24 AM PDT by freedomjusticeruleoflaw (Strange that a man with his wealth would have to resort to prostitution.)
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To: momincombatboots

If someone is a young adult of kid having age the chances are they’ve been at least exposed to their corruption.

The ideology of the Left is like an especially foul cesspool with people making it their life’s work to drag folks down into its depths however they can. Just wanting to be clean of their filth makes you a bad person in their eyes.

And I’m okay with being a bad person in their eyes.


14 posted on 04/18/2022 4:25:23 PM PDT by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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