Posted on 07/09/2014 12:45:28 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
For the past four years, Flint Dollar has been teaching music at Mount de Sales Academy, a Catholic school in Macon, Ga. He is, by all accounts, beloved by his students.
But Dollar won't be leading the band or teaching the chorus in the fall. His contract was not renewed after administrators found out he plans to marry a man.
Under federal anti-discrimination laws, employers are not prohibited from hiring or firing people on the basis of sexual orientation. Dollar is working to change that.
He says when he was hired, he was honest with school administrators about his sexual orientation. But a month ago, just as Dollar was letting his students out for summer, he was called to see the school president.
"When you're called in the last part of the day on the last day of the week, it's not a good sign," Dollar says. "I was told that ... the bishop of the Diocese of Savannah called and expressed his concern that if I was to return it would be against the teachings of the Catholic Church."
What changed? Well, Dollar had announced on Facebook that he plans to marry his longtime partner in Minnesota this summer. The Catholic Church's position against same-sex marriage is clear, and the diocese says it supports the school in its decision to let Dollar go.
School officials, without addressing this case specifically, released a statement saying they have to consider an employee's ability to teach Catholic doctrine when making staff decisions.
"I was told very specifically I didn't do anything wrong, that there were no parent complaints, no student complaints, but regardless, I would not be returning," Dollar says. "I'm still kind of processing that."
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RE: I taught in Catholic schools and if I publicly declared I was having an affair with a women outside of marriage, I’d be let go.
But if you were single, that would be OK... :)
Would they be able to discriminate against a married man who was NOT currently involved in a adulterous affair, but openly admitted he was pursuing an affair with any woman who would say yes to his advances?
This school hired the guy while they knew he was (Presumably) an active homosexual. If homosexual “marriage” was legal in Georgia this guy could have a case under a “living Constitution” judge.
He wasn’t “fired”. His contract wasn’t renewed. Happens all the time.
Exactly. When I was a young lad, we had a pastor at our church that most of the kids loved. He was young and really brought fun to our Sunday School classes, etc...
But, when he started having multiple affairs, and the church found out about it, the church fired him.
Had he never made it known or better yet, he NOT did the deed, the church wouldn’t have said crap, but once you obviously thumb your nose at the very things you are attempting to espouse to others, will your students/parishioners really be able to listen or believe or follow you?
The church had no other option but to end this guys employment - period.
Contract Employee for a specified period of Time.
At the end of the Contracted Agreement, another Contract was not offered.
Nobody got Fired, period.
RE: This school hired the guy while they knew he was (Presumably) an active homosexual
I’m not sure if he told the school that he was “active” or not. All we know is he told the school about his orientation during the initial interview.
In the “progressive” mindset that is not renewing because of anti-discrimination; such as saying we are not renewing because you have dark brown skin.
If the Bishop really did state this reason, he is a very short-sighted individual. Deny extension without reason, end of story.
Why play with legal fire? I would not have hired him in the first place if sexual fetishes came up. Sign a morality clause and oversee it period.
"Back in Georgia, Dollar is playing organ part time at a Presbyterian church . . ."
Playing the organ is what got him into this situation.
Agreed...
HOMOSEXUAL, because there's nothing GAY about it.
Under federal anti-discrimination laws, employers are not prohibited from hiring or firing people on the basis of sexual orientation.
So you are saying that a convicted pedophile applies for a position in a grade school and if otherwise qualified can not be turned down because of his/her sexual preference? Nonsense. By LAW they would not be allowed in that position......
I would not be returning,” Dollar says. “I’m still kind of processing that.”
Well process it somewhere else. Shame on the Catholic school for allowing a practicing pervert from being in a school around children in the first place.
I’d be let go if I was single.
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