Posted on 05/09/2024 6:27:48 PM PDT by Morgana
A Catholic school teacher in Washington state says she will not be returning to the school where she has taught for years for the next academic school year because she is marrying a woman.
Parents of students at St. Luke School in Shoreline are upset by the school's decision to let go of a talented kindergarten educator who has been with the school for four years.
Karen Pala's contract was not renewed by the school's head pastor, Father Brad Hagelin, due to her plans to marry a woman over the summer.
In the text of a letter sent to parents, Hagelin says Pala serves in her role not just as a teacher but as a minister. He said if her personal life choices do not align with the teachings of the Catholic church, then she will no longer be considered a good role model for students.
Hagelin, who is due to leave the school at the end of the current academic year after more than a decade in his position, wrote: 'In these difficult situations, a pastor might find himself unable to sign a new yearly covenant (contract) in good conscience.'
A former teacher at St. Luke, Tracy Rathke, who worked in the classroom for a quarter of a century, said she was incredibly 'disappointed' about Hagelin's decision.
'It's a really sad way for him to leave 11 years at this parish,' she told Fox 13 Seattle.
'No matter how you wrap it, it’s hate, and it’s not something that I want my former students to live in, it’s not something that I want the kids that are going through this school right now to live in. It’s not the message that we should be sending,' she added.
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Not having your contract renewed is not the same thing as being fired.
Good!
Yes, the response of the parents is disheartening.
A queer public shool administrator will give her a job.
Christians need not apply.
I agree totally .
And...? What’s your point? Are Catholics now not allow to condemn sin and keep obstinate public sinners from children?
Tracy Rathke, who worked in the classroom for a quarter of a century, said she was incredibly ‘disappointed’ about Hagelin’s decision.
And who cares what a Tracy Rathke thinks?
What Bergoglio has been peddling.
Yes, You have to stand for something or you fall for anything. This is a Catholic school and Catholicism still (officially ) teaches marriage is between Adam and Eve, nor Adam and Steve nor Eve and Alice. Those that do not respect that Godly teaching are the real haters
But now, she can be a public school kindergarten teacher and invite DRAG QUEENS to read to her students...
Good riddance. These deviants are predators.
Why was the OP’s original comment deleted by moderator?
These homosexuals always feign “shock” when the perfectly obvious comes to light. In other words, they knew that what they are doing will go against the grain but do it anyway to garner sympathy for the agenda.
Why was the OP’s original comment deleted by moderator?
No idea.
Ask the OP, or, the mods.
She should be fired, and honestly she should have never been hired in the first place.
You live your life in a way that is counter the teachings of the Church, you should absolutely never have been hired in the first place.
You are free to live your life however you like, but you are not free from having to deal with the consequences of how you choose to live your life.
Who the skank climbs in the fart sack with is none of the school kids’ business. They don’t GAS who she boinkin’ either.
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