Thursday, May 13, 2010

Bigotry Gets Around


First Colorado, now Massachusetts.

A Roman Catholic school in Hingham, Massachusetts has withdrawn its acceptance of an 8-year-old boy with lesbian parents, saying their relationship was "in discord" with church teachings.

The Massachusetts woman, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of concerns about the effect of publicity on her son, had planned on sending her son to third grade at St. Paul Elementary School next fall, but she learned her son's acceptance was rescinded during a conference call with homophobic-bigot-tag-team, Principal Cynthia Duggan and parish priest, the Reverend James Rafferty.

"I'm accustomed to discrimination, I suppose, at my age and my experience as a gay woman," the mother said. "But I didn't expect it against my child."

Reverend Rafferty told the woman that her relationship "was in discord with the teachings of the Catholic Church" and therefore they would not educate her son. And then Principal Duggan told her that teachers would not be prepared to answer questions her son might have because the school's teachings about marriage conflict with what he sees in his family.

How about, you have two parents who love you? How about that Principal Duggan and Reverend Rafferty?

Terrence Donilon, a spokesman for the Boston Archdiocese, said it learned about the school's decision late Tuesday, and said the archdiocese is in "consultation with the pastor and principal to gather more information."

In other words, shore up their defense.

See, I get that the Catholic Church finds homosexuality repugnant, living in the Dark Ages as they do. But they do not discriminate against children of divorced parents; those children are allowed to attend Catholic schools, even though the church does not recognize divorce.

It's just the kids with two mommies or two daddies they don't want.

1 comment:

  1. Next thing you know they will exclude kids whose parents are straight but who know gay people or are friendly to gay people. This is just the tip of the iceberg.

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