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Democrat attorneys general seek to force Catholic schools to hire homosexual teachers
Lifesite News ^ | December 5, 2022 | Matt Lamb

Posted on 12/05/2022 8:06:01 AM PST by ebb tide

Democrat attorneys general seek to force Catholic schools to hire homosexual teachers

The lawyers' amicus brief argues that Catholic high schools do not have a right to hire and fire people in accordance with Church teaching.

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina (LifeSiteNews) — Eighteen Democrat attorneys general have joined in an amicus brief against a Catholic high school who fired a substitute teacher in a homosexual “marriage.”

The brief, filed last week, argued that the Catholic high school does not have a right to not hire individuals that live a lifestyle incongruent with Catholicism. A federal court ruled in September 2021 against the high school and this case is now on appeal. 

The liberal attorneys general sided with Lonnie Billard, a homosexual substitute teacher who was let go from his job at Charlotte Catholic High School after “marrying” his partner. The Democrat attorneys general wants the Catholic high school punished for firing Billard, despite him living in open opposition to the teachings of the Catholic Church, values which the Catholic school is bound to uphold.

Employees have a right to work free from discrimination, including the right to marry whom they love,” Connecticut Attorney General William Tong wrote in his news release.“The First Amendment is not a license for employers to discriminate. The North Carolina district court got this one right, and the defendants’ extreme and expansive theories here must be rejected.” 

“No one should be fired because of who they love,” Massachusetts’ Attorney General Maura Healey wrote. “We are filing this brief to ensure that our LGBTQ+ workers have equal protections and opportunities in the workplace.” 

But Becket Law, which represents the high school, explains that religious freedom must protect the hiring and firing decision of religious institutions. 

“The Constitution and federal law protect the right of parents to direct the religious education of their children, and the right of religious institutions like the Diocese of Charlotte to select teachers who agree to uphold their religious mission,” the legal non-profit explained. “These rights have repeatedly been upheld by the Supreme Court, which has emphasized that ‘educating young people in their faith, inculcating its teachings, and training them to live their faith are responsibilities that lie at the very core of the mission of a private religious school,’” the group wrote. 

“Religious organizations must be free to choose those who carry out their religious mission,” Becket Law noted. “This not only protects the fundamental freedoms of parents and religious schools to decide how to pass on their faith, but also protects the proper separation of church and state.” 

The court case comes at a time when Democrats, along with liberal Republicans, are pushing to put a federal “right” to same-sex “marriage” into law, despite significant religious liberty concerns. 

“The bill repeals the Defense of Marriage Act of 1996 and requires the federal government and all 50 states to recognize homosexual ‘marriages’ and other civil marriages between ‘2 individuals’ lawfully performed in any state, potentially including incestuous and underage marriages,” LifeSiteNews previously reported. 


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The court case comes at a time when Democrats, along with liberal Republicans, are pushing to put a federal “right” to same-sex “marriage” into law, despite significant religious liberty concerns. 

“The bill repeals the Defense of Marriage Act of 1996 and requires the federal government and all 50 states to recognize homosexual ‘marriages’ and other civil marriages between ‘2 individuals’ lawfully performed in any state, potentially including incestuous and underage marriages,” LifeSiteNews previously reported. 


1 posted on 12/05/2022 8:06:01 AM PST by ebb tide
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To: ebb tide

“We just want to get married and be left alone.” they said. it’s fine they said.


2 posted on 12/05/2022 8:06:43 AM PST by imabadboy99
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3 posted on 12/05/2022 8:06:54 AM PST by ebb tide
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To: ebb tide

Little catholic children to groom...


4 posted on 12/05/2022 8:08:36 AM PST by GOPJ (Has Biden had dinner with an anti-evangelical? Will Schumer condemn him if he has?)
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To: imabadboy99
Hold still while I ram this thing down your throat...

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/SSSS - Sorry for the Supremely Sick Sarcasm

5 posted on 12/05/2022 8:10:27 AM PST by GaltAdonis
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To: ebb tide

OK so hire them and put their classrooms in the basement with NO STUDENTS and NO CONTACT WITH STUDENTS.


6 posted on 12/05/2022 8:12:39 AM PST by Singermom
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To: GaltAdonis

yep, and you’re a homophobe and a racist and a bigot if you object.


8 posted on 12/05/2022 8:14:12 AM PST by imabadboy99
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To: ebb tide

Then this will apply to muslim schools?


9 posted on 12/05/2022 8:14:51 AM PST by brownsfan (It's going to take real, serious, hard times to wake the American public.)
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To: ebb tide

As a Christian, does a Muslim school have the right to fire me or not hire me due to my “beliefs” and way of life?


10 posted on 12/05/2022 8:24:25 AM PST by mikelets456
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To: ebb tide

We have known for a long time that the left wants to eliminate religion. Voting democrat is voting to eliminate Christianity.


11 posted on 12/05/2022 8:24:30 AM PST by I want the USA back (Our news media isn't worth camel spit. Neither is the democrat party. )
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To: lewislynn

WINNER !!!!!


12 posted on 12/05/2022 8:28:37 AM PST by OHPatriot (Si vis pacem, para bellum)
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To: ebb tide

This is the best idea since gay priests. In other words, a horrible idea.


13 posted on 12/05/2022 8:30:49 AM PST by ArcadeQuarters (Remember the 2020 backstabbers. No more RINOs ever!)
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To: ebb tide

Will this apply to orthodox Jewish and Muslim schools as well?


14 posted on 12/05/2022 8:33:32 AM PST by Trump.Deplorable (Woke Fascists are a threat to our republic )
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To: I want the USA back

Buying from Democrats is voting for Democrats. Stop doing business with them.


15 posted on 12/05/2022 8:38:22 AM PST by Rich21IE
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To: ebb tide

The intention of Jefferson’s “separation of church and state” concept was intended to protect these schools from an out of control government like we have now.


16 posted on 12/05/2022 8:45:29 AM PST by Vision (Woke is communism and it has no place in America. Election Reform Now! Obama is an evildoer.)
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To: ebb tide

Yet another reason Catholics should encourage and participate in homeschooling. Don’t expose your kids to this garbage. The Church learned the hard way what happens in the 1970s and 80s.


17 posted on 12/05/2022 8:47:14 AM PST by Antoninus (Republicans are all honorable men.)
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To: lewislynn

How will the Progs be able to attack the Church’s pedo priests while supporting pedos everywhere else?


18 posted on 12/05/2022 8:55:40 AM PST by xkaydet65
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To: ebb tide

Catno,it’s should appeal to force the gay marriage act .in response


19 posted on 12/05/2022 8:57:50 AM PST by Bob434 (question)
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To: ebb tide

But there are still good adherent Catholics that think it is possible to be both a Catholic and a Democrat/communist.
Simpletons that refuse to see the truth, they will demand clean restrooms on the trains before being shipped to Catholic death camps.


20 posted on 12/05/2022 9:00:01 AM PST by jmaroneps37 (Freedom is never free. It must be won rewon and jealously guarded.)
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