Christian School Expels Girl for Having Gay Parents

AP ^ | September 23. 2005

[Bonaparte]

"A child who has a chance to be positively influenced by other CHRISTIANS."

I think I see a way out of this dilemna, sandbar. Since your main concern is that this child receive an opportunity to be influenced by other Christians, why not have two OCS outreach workers pay regular courtesy calls to that child in her home at a time convenient for the family?

That way, Shay Clark gets her Christian influence and the school is not required to wink at gross and long-standing violation of their written and binding contract with the "parents" -- who should have no objection to such an arrangement, since they were apparently so eager to have their child influenced by Christians that they fraudulently enrolled her into a Christian school.

[Private_Sector_Does_It_Better]

"I disagree with this decision. If anyone could use a good, solid Christian education, it's this poor girl. It's not her fault that her immoral "parents" are using her for thir own selfish purposes."


Being a Christian means acting Christ like. Christ hung out with some of the most evil people of his times because they were the ones who needed his teachings.

WWJD in this situation?... He defended the prostitute, ate with the tax collectors...

Those who want this girl throw out of the only Christian environment she'll ever know are truly blind to Christs teachings.

[Bonaparte]

"If the school doesn't allow in kids of parents who sin then they would have no one to teach."

It's not about sin, but about brazen, unrepentant sin.

[andie74]

What if the parents were Wiccans, or Mafiaso, drug pushers, chop shop operators, pimps, or congressmen?

Heh heh.

[sandbar]

>>>Another example of why queers should not be allowed to raise children. This innocent little girl will be scarred for life by her experience.>>>

Yes, and being kicked out a school because of something her PARENTS do will do nothing to scar her, eh? Just like my crazy ex-husband. Hunt far and wide to find someone else to blame for his own ill-doing.

[sandbar]

>>>Your use of the term "bigots" reveals your true ideological colors,>>>

LMAO!!! Oh my, this reminds me of that movie "Invasion of the body snatchers" and you are Donald Sutherland pointing and screeching at me, LOL! You have exposed me, oh dear, what to do now! Actually, I was referring to how these so called Christians would be portrayed. But good catch, maybe you should turn me in or something.

and I would say also reveals somewhat of a distaste for Christianity as well.>>>

How in the world do you get that from my post? If you mean that I dislike CHRISTIANS who are idiots and a-holes, then yes. But to say I have a taste for Christianity is just assumption on your part. Maybe Christianity as YOU see it, but not how I see it.

[sandbar]

>>>Those who want this girl throw out of the only Christian environment she'll ever know are truly blind to Christs teachings.>>>

HERE HERE!!

Of course be prepared to be considered to be a lib, gaylover, etc... I have been saying this from the beginning of this discussion but all I've heard is that Christians don't have to let their child be influenced by this EVIIILLLLL. Well, I don't know what these poor children are going to do when confronted with EVIIILLL in the 'real' world once they graduate their Christian Utopia.

[Politicalmom]

Christians who pay upwards of $6,000 a year for a private school DON'T have to let their children be influenced by evil.
You don't seem to grasp the concept of a Christian school.

[SolarisRocks]

How is the girl evil?

[Politicalmom]

She thinks there is nothing wrong with her "parents'" EVIL lifestyle. That is a rotten influence for teenagers.

[sandbar]

>>>Christians who pay upwards of $6,000 a year for a private school DON'T have to let their children be influenced by evil.
You don't seem to grasp the concept of a Christian school.>>>

Nope, I don't grasp it. Because in truth it is not a "Christian" school. It is an exclusive school (fine, free country and all), it is NOT Christlike however. Don't get the two confused.

[SolarisRocks]

Should all the others kids who think nothing is wrong with their parents sinful lifestyles be removed to?

We are all sinners (evil as you call it) and only one sin is worse than all others in the eyes of God.

[fr_freak]

How in the world do you get that from my post? If you mean that I dislike CHRISTIANS who are idiots and a-holes, then yes. But to say I have a taste for Christianity is just assumption on your part. Maybe Christianity as YOU see it, but not how I see it.

I say that you seem to have a distaste for Christianity because your definitions of idiots and a-holes appear to be anyone who actually takes the Bible at its word: that homosexuality is immoral. To you, being true to the Bible is bigotry. Whether you realize it or not, that means that you are actually rejecting Biblical principles and are trying to redefine Christianity to suit your own ideology. This is the same road that many churches have gone down, a perfect example being the Episcopalians, a large number of whom have been seduced into ignoring Biblical morality in favor of whatever makes them feel warm and fuzzy. As a result, their church will die (at least, their half after the schism).

Christianity is not an ethnicity - it is a belief system and one of the central beliefs is that the Bible is the Word of God. In the Bible, homosexuality is clearly called immoral. There is no room for debate on the subject. If you reject this part of the belief system, then you are doubting the Bible as being authentic and are in fact, rejecting the foundation for Christian belief. Furthermore, by showing animosity toward those who take the Bible seriously, you are showing a distaste for Christianity itself.

[Politicalmom]

If their parents are living without repentence, then yes.

There is a difference between sinning and living completely unScripturally. The other parents have a right to shelter their children from having homesexality normalized.

[SolarisRocks]

"
There is a difference between sinning and living completely unScripturally. "

Please support that statement biblically.

[Politicalmom]

Which part of "repentence" do you not understand?

[SolarisRocks]

repentance implies that one will not do what they are repenting for again.

Seeing as how we are all sinners true repentance for all sins is impossible.

You wish to believe, against the Bible, that the sin you dislike more than others is worse. It is too bad for you that the Bible doesn't say that.

[Politicalmom]

It does not. It implies being SORRY for what one is doing, and trying to change. It is impossible not to sin, it IS possible to avoid living in a state of a single constant sin. These women obviously feel they are doing nothing wrong, and their life is peachy keen.

Don't tell me my beliefs are unscriptural. I NEVER said that one sin was worse than another. Christians are NOT supposed to tolerate or accept sin. I would expect any family that is living a completely unScriptural lifestyle to be kicked out. If ONE parent is trying to live morally, then there will be reinforcement of school teachings at home.

[JNL]

Yeah this would have had a totally different outcome in Canada. In Canada they would have expelled the students with striaght parents to make the kid feel better.

[pa mom]

I wouldn't want my child hearing about "carpet munching" or some other disgusting practice while in their Christian school

I think there might be another way of phrasing that. Do you think your kids won't hear about oral sex at a Christian school? It is a part of lovemaking among heterosexuals, too. Kids do hear about it wheter there are gays around or not.