“Let he who is without sin cast the first stone.”
This is stretching the passage out of context. The fact of the matter is that we do not know whether or not she signed a moral agreement, and if so, what that moral agreement states.
The Pharisees and other men were about to stone that adulterous woman to death. This teacher hasn’t been stoned to death. Simply put, she was dismissed from her job.
If she violated the terms of the agreement, the school is within their rights and obligations to terminate her.
This is a private Christian school. I’m sure a teacher whose already pregnant before marriage isn’t something parents of attending students would take lightly. I sure as heck wouldn’t.
Time will reveal the facts, hopefully.
I go to a Christian school. My daughters’ favorite teacher is a young engaged woman. If she had a baby 8 months after she got married, I wouldn’t even think anything about it. If my daughters’ asked about it, then I would remind them that they were born a month early as was their brother.
My statement was theological, not legal. If she violated a moral agreement, fine ... they may have been within their rights to fire her once they knew the information.
This certainly does not give them the right to disseminate medical information about her pregnancy to employees, parents and students — and likely doesn’t give them the right to ask questions about her conception.
If Christian schools purge sinners from their staffs, they’d be unable to operate. This was the thrust of my statement. Christians are Saved by Grace, not by flawless behavior. The fact is, there isn’t a sinless one among them (teachers, administrators, students or parents).
I’d venture a guess that most of the teachers and administrators have engaged in a sexual sin at some point ... if her head is on a platter, theirs should likely be right next to it. She committed a sin — she is not living a sin. She married the man who impregnated her (only a month or so after being impregnated), and is, as far as we know, is no longer engaging in sexual sin. She’s a married woman and the father is her husband ... which relegates this particular sin to a lack of self-control and an error in judgment, not a lifestyle choice.
Forgiveness is also a Christian value.
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