He is absolutely right! Were this school in the UK, they would probably be forced to accept the child and teach about homosexual sex.
I’m not Catholic, but that is one excellently written response.
It should be the right of any private school to discriminate as they see fit, especially based on belief.
Private entities also should be able to discriminate based on income, race, and sex as they see fit. You want a “blacks-only” organization? You’ve got it. You want a “female-only” private club? You’ve got it.
When I hear ads for “The United Negro College Fund” being offered as free Public Service Announcements on the radio, I am reminded that some groups are promoted and protected in the same way that all should be.
I wonder, is it the media who has complained, gays, Catholics, or just people in general? If any of the above doesn’t like the schools decision, they need to read the above statements from the Bishop. If they still don’t like it they can go pound sand.
Exactly why would this “couple” want to send their child to a school that teaches Catholic values - including that their “relationship” is incompatible with God’s design? Are they so cynical that they are using their child as a pawn to push their political agenda, or are they so disconnected from God’s word that they think scripture is a minor matter that a court could order the Catholic Church to change?
“Persons who have an understanding of marriage and family life sharply different from Catholic belief are often people of sincerity and good will. They have other, excellent options for education and should see in them the better course for their children.”
Wow the recognition of real diversity. The left won’t like that.
I respect the Catholic Church’s right to decide its admissions policy any way it wants but I don’t think they thought this one out very well. Here they have an innocent child who they can teach traditional values to who needs just such an education. Assuming that the parents are paying the child’s tuition, which the Church would need to maintain its school, it would seem that this whole issue is a non sequitur.
Good for them, and good article.
excellent position
That is what “private school” means
However, the local Catholic schools take pains to advertise they do not discriminate on basis of faith (?)
Protestant and Jewish are OK?
I hope the homosexual attacks on the traditional churches and the military are being seen for what they are. This “couple” could care less about keeping the kid in this school because it is the best. This is just more of the same- attack and destroy traditional religions.
I am not a Catholic, but I attended a Catholic school through 6th grade. I would like to say that they were very respectful of non-Catholic beliefs and expected the same respect when it came to their beliefs. I applaud this school for making a stand in what they see as a subversive witness to their mission.
The child has ONE mother and ONE absent father.
the other woman is just the sexual fetish partner of the mother.
Excellent response.
The media, as you know only too well, like to extract pieces of information and spin it into something controversial. In this article, the bishop goes into details. Enjoy!
“The child, whose two parents are women”
Now THAT’S interesting!
Didn’t think humans could reproduce by parthenogenesis! And if they could, what’s the second woman for?
I suspect this poor, abused little girl has a father, somewhere. Some people have no shame!
I believe the only reasonable response to that quote is this: "Well, duh!"
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.