Denying Children cause Parents are Lesbians

AtLast · 03-11-2010, 04:43 AM

Related media info about this I have seen includes other parents at this school supporting this woman and her right to send her child to a Catholic school. I think this is positive in letting that diocese know that this is flat out discrimination.

As I said earlier, many people, including lesbians and gays (and this queer) do want their kids in religious schools due to the strength of their education. Religious schools are filled with kids that are not even of the faith they represent. It is not a requirement that a student be Catholic to attend a Catholic school. Same goes for other religious schools. In fact, parents can request that their child not be in specific religious doctrine classes in Catholic schools (Catechism) I am acquainted with. I guess the various diocese have different rules, I don't know.

In all of this, I do feel this child's civil rights are being violated especially when you consider that the school is doing this because a parent is lesbian. I also respect the mother's feelings if she indeed, does want her child to have religious teaching. No, in terms of how anti-gay the Catholic church is, this doesn't make sense, but, I certainly had experiences within Dignity (lesbian-gay Catholic offshoot) as well as Newman Centers in college that I felt comfortable within as a lesbian. Just making the point that this isn't a black & white issue in terms of the homophobia in the Catholic church. I have friends and relatives that still practice Catholicism, but attend mass, etc. in more liberal parishes in which the priests do admonish the anti-gay stance of the church. Kind of like how many other organized religions have rebel parishes and priets, etc. that go against the grain.

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03-11-2010, 04:43 AM	#18
AtLast Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: Woman Preferred Pronoun?: HER - SHE Relationship Status: Relating Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: CA & AZ I'm a Snowbird Posts: 5,408 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 11,826 Thanked 10,827 Times in 3,199 Posts Rep Power: 21474857	Related media info about this I have seen includes other parents at this school supporting this woman and her right to send her child to a Catholic school. I think this is positive in letting that diocese know that this is flat out discrimination. As I said earlier, many people, including lesbians and gays (and this queer) do want their kids in religious schools due to the strength of their education. Religious schools are filled with kids that are not even of the faith they represent. It is not a requirement that a student be Catholic to attend a Catholic school. Same goes for other religious schools. In fact, parents can request that their child not be in specific religious doctrine classes in Catholic schools (Catechism) I am acquainted with. I guess the various diocese have different rules, I don't know. In all of this, I do feel this child's civil rights are being violated especially when you consider that the school is doing this because a parent is lesbian. I also respect the mother's feelings if she indeed, does want her child to have religious teaching. No, in terms of how anti-gay the Catholic church is, this doesn't make sense, but, I certainly had experiences within Dignity (lesbian-gay Catholic offshoot) as well as Newman Centers in college that I felt comfortable within as a lesbian. Just making the point that this isn't a black & white issue in terms of the homophobia in the Catholic church. I have friends and relatives that still practice Catholicism, but attend mass, etc. in more liberal parishes in which the priests do admonish the anti-gay stance of the church. Kind of like how many other organized religions have rebel parishes and priets, etc. that go against the grain.