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Lesbian kindergarten teacher is set to lose her job at Catholic school for marrying a woman because 'she's no longer a good role model for children'
Daily Mail UK ^ | May 9, 2024 | Sophie Mann

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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KEYWORDS: arth; catholic; deviant; education; homosexualagenda; school; washington
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To: FlingWingFlyer

Not having your contract renewed is not the same thing as being fired.


21 posted on 05/09/2024 7:21:41 PM PDT by yuleeyahoo (“Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain!” - the deep-state)
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To: FlingWingFlyer

Good!


22 posted on 05/09/2024 7:34:19 PM PDT by Reno89519 (If Biden is mentally unfit to stand trial, he is mentally unfit to be president. He needs to resign.)
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To: bantam

Yes, the response of the parents is disheartening.


23 posted on 05/09/2024 8:24:53 PM PDT by Bigg Red (Trump will be sworn in under a shower of confetti made from the tattered remains of the Rat Party.)
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To: yuleeyahoo

A queer public shool administrator will give her a job.
Christians need not apply.


24 posted on 05/09/2024 8:40:00 PM PDT by Right Brigade (It was better before they voted for whats his name,this must be the New World)
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To: FlingWingFlyer

I agree totally .


25 posted on 05/10/2024 2:23:02 AM PDT by spincaster (t)
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To: FlingWingFlyer

And...? What’s your point? Are Catholics now not allow to condemn sin and keep obstinate public sinners from children?


26 posted on 05/10/2024 3:05:49 AM PDT by jmaroneps37 (Freedom is never free. It must be won rewon and jealously guarded.)
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To: FlingWingFlyer

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?


27 posted on 05/10/2024 3:12:10 AM PDT by Adder (End fascism...defeat all Democrats.)
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To: Rummyfan

What Bergoglio has been peddling.


28 posted on 05/10/2024 3:20:53 AM PDT by mewzilla (Never give up; never surrender!)
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To: FreedomPoster

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


29 posted on 05/10/2024 3:23:03 AM PDT by TECTopcat
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To: FlingWingFlyer

But now, she can be a public school kindergarten teacher and invite DRAG QUEENS to read to her students...


30 posted on 05/10/2024 4:45:07 AM PDT by Deplorable American1776 (Guns don't kill people, LIBERALS DO!! Support the Second Amendment...)
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To: FlingWingFlyer

Good riddance. These deviants are predators.


31 posted on 05/10/2024 7:04:45 AM PDT by fwdude ( )
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To: Jane Long

Why was the OP’s original comment deleted by moderator?


32 posted on 05/10/2024 7:06:23 AM PDT by fwdude ( )
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To: Wuli

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.


33 posted on 05/10/2024 7:08:06 AM PDT by fwdude ( )
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To: fwdude; Morgana

Why was the OP’s original comment deleted by moderator?


No idea.

Ask the OP, or, the mods.


34 posted on 05/10/2024 7:09:08 AM PDT by Jane Long (The role of the GOP: to write sharply-worded certailetters as America becomes a communist hell-hole.)
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To: FlingWingFlyer

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.


35 posted on 05/10/2024 7:10:19 AM PDT by HamiltonJay
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To: Adder

Who the skank climbs in the fart sack with is none of the school kids’ business. They don’t GAS who she boinkin’ either.


36 posted on 05/10/2024 7:21:41 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Weird how the invading hordes of illegal foreign deadbeats didn't start until FJB took the throne.)
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