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Kansas Catholic school rejects kindergartner with same-sex parents [View all]
Intolerance isn't always just a human thing.
Sometimes religion fosters it. Don't let those with a deceitful agenda try and tell you otherwise.
https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/kansas-city-catholic-school-rejects-kindergartner-same-sex-parents-n980781
About 1,000 people have signed a petition asking a Roman Catholic elementary school in Kansas to “prayerfully reconsider” its decision to deny a kindergarten student with same-sex parents a place at the school.
...Many St. Ann parents first learned of the enrollment decision last week, when the school’s pastor, the Rev. Craig J. Maxim, sent a letter home to families, according to The Kansas City Star.
In his letter, Maxim said he had sought the advice of the archdiocese regarding whether to admit the kindergartener with gay parents. The archdiocese, he explained, advised against it because “same-sex unions are not in conformance with the Church’s teaching on sacramental marriage,” and “the parents cannot model behaviors and attitudes consistent with the Church’s teachings.”
...Marianne Duddy-Burke, executive director of DignityUSA, a Catholic LGBTQ advocacy organization, said that while Catholic school policies vary throughout the U.S., St. Ann is not an outlier in rejecting students with same-sex parents.
...Many St. Ann parents first learned of the enrollment decision last week, when the school’s pastor, the Rev. Craig J. Maxim, sent a letter home to families, according to The Kansas City Star.
In his letter, Maxim said he had sought the advice of the archdiocese regarding whether to admit the kindergartener with gay parents. The archdiocese, he explained, advised against it because “same-sex unions are not in conformance with the Church’s teaching on sacramental marriage,” and “the parents cannot model behaviors and attitudes consistent with the Church’s teachings.”
...Marianne Duddy-Burke, executive director of DignityUSA, a Catholic LGBTQ advocacy organization, said that while Catholic school policies vary throughout the U.S., St. Ann is not an outlier in rejecting students with same-sex parents.
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