LESBIAN COUPLE SPEAKS ABOUT CHILD BARRED FROM SCHOOL
The couple’s two children are not being allowed to continue at the Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic School because of the parents’ sexual orientation.
They remain unidentified, but released a statement Monday night through Boulder Pride, an organization representing the gay and lesbian community.
They say the school’s decision comes as a shock to them. The couple says they were initially very hurt and angry. According to the couple, their two children have been attending Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic School for three years.
“There are divorced parents, children of parents born out of wedlock, non-Catholics and non-practicing Catholics. Their eligibility has not been questioned. There seems to be a subjective rating system of which sins are more unacceptable.”
“Perhaps our biggest objection to the school’s decision is that we think that it is wrong to punish a child for who the child’s parents are,” the couple stated. “We do not think this reflects what Jesus would have done.”
The reason they enrolled their children in the school they say was because they themselves were raised in the Catholic faith and went to Catholic schools.
The couple says both of their children have been baptized, and attend church regularly at Sacred Heart.
They now feel their goal of raising their children in the Catholic faith is being undermined by the church.
“We do not believe that homosexuality and organized religion need to be mutually exclusive,” the couple stated.
Source – 9News
DALLAS COUNTRY JAIL GUARD FIRED OVER ANTI-GAY REMARKS
A veteran Dallas County jail guard has been fired for making offensive comments about his religious beliefs to co-workers, including his contention that gays should be “put to death,” sheriff’s reports show.
Stephen Johnson, 59, had been disciplined for making offensive comments in the past, records show. He was fired Jan. 20 for conduct unbecoming an officer and for lying to internal affairs during the investigation.
Johnson has worked as a jail guard at the Sheriff’s Department for almost 17 years. He was most recently assigned to the intake area, where arriving inmates are processed.
In October, he interrupted a private conversation among jail staff and “interjected his own opinions,” telling them all gays should be annihilated, sheriff’s reports show. He also said that whites were the superior race and that he supported slavery, reports show.
Johnson said the Bible supported his opinions, reports show. – Source – Dallas Morning News
