Writer Incensed at Handling of Homosexual "Marriage" Case

NC Register ^ | September 6, 2010 | Jimmy Akin

[NYer]

“It’s happening again.”

So begins a column over at Irish Central by Cahir O’Doherty (pictured).

“What is ‘it’—the it that is happening again?” you ask.

I’m not entirely sure. The headline, which is the logical lead-in for the first line of the piece, says, “Catholic Church fires Mass woman for marrying.”

I know; I know. What is a “Mass woman”? A woman who serves at Mass? This is not an established term in the Church’s liturgical books. But it turns out that “Mass” in this case means “Massachusetts.” O’Doherty or his editor failed to include a period that would have clarified a bit.

But as far as I know, the Catholic churches in Massachusetts are not in the habit of firing women when they marry, so that doesn’t seem to be quite the “it” that is happening again.

The “it”—though O’Doherty never actually tells us what “it” is—seems has to do with homosexuality, because the piece states (excerpts):

Cathedral High School in Springfield, Massachusetts has forced out the school’s athletic director, Christine M. Judd, after she married her female partner in August.

The local diocese has listed her departure as a resignation, but Judd said she is currently exploring her legal options. It’s believed that matters came to a head when an unidentified person made a photograph of Judd’s wedding available to the diocese. Judd also clarified that the Cathedral High School had nothing to do with her departure, it was strictly a diocesan decision she said.

[NYer]

It is the act of publicly rejecting the Church’s teaching on a grave matter—regardless of what that matter is—that makes one an unsuitable as a teacher in a Catholic institution, particularly one devoted to the education of children.

(snip)

Parents are paying good money to have their children receive a Catholic education, and they’re entitled to getting their money’s worth. Any person who publicly registers opposition to Catholic teaching has fundamentally compromised their ability to serve as an authentic witness to Catholic values.

[jessduntno]

Huh. A Lesbian AD. Rare.

[jonascord]

Gee, the girl’s high school coach is a bull dyke. Who’da thunk it?

[DJ MacWoW]

Gee, the girl’s high school coach is a bull dyke. Who’da thunk it?

I had one as a Phys Ed teacher. And she wore skirts with her knees spread. All of us 7th and 8th grade girls disliked her.

[BenKenobi]

“Parents are paying good money to have their children receive a Catholic education, and they’re entitled to getting their money’s worth. Any person who publicly registers opposition to Catholic teaching has fundamentally compromised their ability to serve as an authentic witness to Catholic values.”

A-freaking-men.