[Tijeras_Slim]

Smells like a set up for a test case to advance the agenda.

[af_vet_1981]

"As a concerned parent, I didn't think it was appropriate policy," Shan Anderson said. "I don't think a kid should be ostracized because of the perceived failings of their parents, whether it's sexual orientation or marriage or fidelity or past criminal behavior. The Catholic religion I was brought up in was about forgiveness and acceptance."

Obviously Shan skipped confession and penance. People like this are simply non-violent terrorists on a mission from .....

[Kozak]

Private religious school that can admit or not admit anyone it wants. Separation of Church and State you know.

[Phantom Lord]

Private school. They can make their own rules. Don't like it? Tough. Send your kids to the public school or another private school.

[polemikos]

But homosexuality is anything but an easy topic for the Catholic church

Ummm... actually it's pretty "straight" forward.

[raybbr]

Whether a private school falls under the mantle of "public accommodation" is open to interpretation, but Dave Fidanque, executive director of the Oregon American Civil Liberties Union, says it should.

There are mutitudes in the U.S. that will believe this rot.

[Kuksool]

***Whether a private school falls under the mantle of "public accommodation" is open to interpretation, but Dave Fidanque, executive director of the Oregon American Civil Liberties Union, says it should.***

The ACLU and other liberals tried to use the "public accommodation" angle on the Boy Scouts and lost.

[freeangel]

hmmm, a Catholic lesbian=oxymoron

[Dutchgirl]

Inkmann, a 43-year-old business owner, said she has attended and paid dues at St. Mary's since January after a long absence from the church.

First of all- I am not aware of any "requirement" to pay dues as a member of a church. One makes an offering, preferably a tithe, which is placed on the Altar of the Lord, in acknowlegement that blessings flow from Him. You don't pay dues like a country club, to guarantee a tee time. This phrase establishes both the author's lack of knowlege and the attitude of the "believer."

"I feel called to respond to my parish and the local parish school because of my developed Catholicism," she said. "I want my daughter to receive a Catholic education that will be in keeping with her teachings at home, and I want to become part of a Catholic community again like I was when I was a child."

Apparently, something when sadly wrong when she was receiving her Christian education. I sat through years of CCD, and I know for a fact that humility and obedience are stressed as a vital part of faith, in particular, the examples of the lives of the saints, obedient unto death- like St. Thomas More. In the seventies, the Catholic Chruch even adopted a bunch of "protestant songs" for Folk Mass. Old saws like "Trust and Obey..." This woman is my age and I can't imagine that our education was so different.

And finally, where the HELL does the ACLU get off threatening a religious organization for practicing its religious freedom??

[varon]

"I want my daughter to receive a Catholic education that will be in keeping with her teachings at home,................

At home the kid is being taught that lesbian "marriage/union" is an accepted way of life and this woman expects the Catholic church to teach her kid the same as well?

It would be interesting to know if this progressive lesbian business owner adopted the kid or made the ultimate sacrifice and gave birth to her herself?

[reegs]

"I feel called to respond to my parish and the local parish school because of my developed Catholicism," she said. "I want my daughter to receive a Catholic education that will be in keeping with her teachings at home, and I want to become part of a Catholic community again like I was when I was a child."

Obviously, Ms. Inkmann's Catholic upbringing didn't stick.

[T Minus Four]

...she has attended and paid dues at St. Mary's since January after a long absence from the church. "I feel called to respond to my parish and the local parish school because of my developed Catholicism,"

Trust me, this translates into a reaction at seeing the difference between tuition for Catholic and non-Catholic students, probably in the neighborhood of one to three grand per year. Plus many parishes subsidize the Catholic student rate for regular mass attendees. Suddenly it pays to start going to church again.

[MonroeDNA]

That is going to be one messed up child.

[Cold Heat]

The nerve!

[TexasCajun]

We send our children to PRIVATE school go get away from queers like these!

"queer" is now an acceptable term since they made the TV show Queer Guy for the Straight Guy.

[xsmommy]

dang it, why don't they send her to an Episcopal school??

[CindyDawg]

And how did the school know about this? Surely, it wasn't thrown in their face. If she had just filled the application out and signed where it said mother there probably would not have been a problem. If they are going to "make stands" at admission then they are probably going to have problems with the curriculm too. Why would you want to place your child somewhere where she is going to be taught that what you are doing is wrong in God's eyes anyway?

[Alouette]

How long before they get together with this disgruntled, ex-Catholic-school student?

[INSENSITIVE GUY]

BOO! HOO!GOT CHANGE FOR A 3?

[Bikers4Bush]

Here we go, first little miss I wanna wear my headscarf now here in Ohio and the lesbians out in Oregon.

The systematic attack on Catholicism has begun.