Posted on 03/09/2010 7:48:47 AM PST by NYer
March is when most private schools make the decisions on admissions and re-admits for the coming year (been there, done that).
This hit the news media a few days ago -- the two "ladies" must have run to the press immediately. They probably already had their press release written.
You don't just immediately decide to go public. If they were sincere, there would have been discussions, offers and counteroffers, etc. and that would have taken weeks with people honestly trying to work things out.
This is standard operating procedure right out of the Saul Alinsky handbook, trying to make a test case, trotting out the protesters, right down to harassing the poor parish priest and posting downright vile messages on his blog (they've all been removed).
This was an extremely well-organized attempt to infiltrate the school and church -- or, failing that, to try to take them down publicly.
I believe the only reasonable response to that quote is this: "Well, duh!"
Chaput is right on the money. Those parents do not WANT their kid taught traditional values, and you can darned well bet that if that kid came home spouting traditional Catholic values against homosexuality, the parents would be miffed. Or sue. Or protest in some way.
I’m suspicious of the mommas too. Gays are a litigious group pushing this lifestyle already; why not push it on the Catholic church? Surely you can get some sentimental thinkers to support you as well — ‘It is so MEAN.’
Chaput came out like a good shepherd to protect his flock and take a stand. Well done, Bishop.
Amen, Excellency. One of the best bishops we have.
Good! I appreciate the archbishop’s position. I hope Catholics will muster to his defense if he or the school is attacked for this in any way.
I’m not Catholic (in the Vatican sense of the word), but I would openly, publicly stand with him in this particular decision.
Go(!), Archbishop, and be careful.
the mother and her “partner” (note the sperm donor doesn’t have an opinion) enrolled the girl to make a political point.
I suspect if a gay person enrolled his or her kid, and kept his “partnership” discrete, there would be no problem...that’s the point. Being “discrete” acknowledges that what we are doing is against God’s will, so we hide our shameful behavior
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We all are sinners, but this is flouting sin and forcing others to approve of it, and the church to change it’s teaching.
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