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Rockwall teacher fired for out-of-wedlock pregnancy
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| 04/10/2012
| JASON WHITELY
Posted on 04/11/2012 9:44:41 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd
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To: Responsibility2nd
While I understand this and do not condone unmarried pregnancies, the concern from this is a future abortion. Most abortions are done for convenience and financial reasons. If someone is losing their job for an unmarried pregnancy, will the next person that makes this decision not tell the employer and get an abortion before anyone notices.
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posted on
04/11/2012 10:29:00 AM PDT
by
Darren McCarty
(Time for brokered convention)
To: Responsibility2nd; ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas; stephenjohnbanker; DoughtyOne; calcowgirl; ...
RE :”
ROCKWALL Cathy Samford, a volleyball coach and science teacher, was fired from Heritage Christian Academy for getting pregnant and not being married, the school acknowledged.
“I looked it up and thought, ‘They can't do this,’” said Samford, 29.
For almost three years, she coached volleyball at the private school. Samford was named “Coach of the Year” and recently began teaching science.
But when she got pregnant last fall, the school fired her because she was not married.”
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Taylor said HCA was contacted by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission regarding the firing.
Samford and Walsh said they're now considering legal action. The fired teacher and expectant mother said she did nothing wrong, and faces financial problems now, including giving birth without insurance.”
This is why I give money to school choice (vouchers) private school tuition charities and why I still curse GWB for abandoning the same to get NCLB through the Senate (and a pic with Ted Kennedy yet.)
I wonder if their employee insurance covers birth control... that would be a good question.
She wants the school (insurance) to pay her birth related medical expenses LOL
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posted on
04/11/2012 10:31:07 AM PDT
by
sickoflibs
(Obama : "I will just make insurance companies give you health care for 'free, What Mandates??' ")
To: Brookhaven
The unintended consequence of the schools action is, sometime in the future, a child will be aborted that otherwise would have lived.It's even worse than that! Because of your post, some woman out there will think that it is not such a bad thing to get pregnant without being married. She'll get knocked-up, and struggle to pay for the child. A child will starve that would otherwise have had food, just because of your post!
Or, maybe, we are all responsible for our own actions. So the woman who aborts her baby to escape the consequences of her actions would be morally responsible... not the school she fears will fire her.
Why are you on a conservative site, anyway?
To: Brookhaven
Lame argument. Very lame argument. Didn’t you read the article? This is a Christian we’re talking about.
While Christians are imperfect and may even get pregnant while unmarried, they do not “Quietly have an abortion and keep their job”.
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posted on
04/11/2012 10:35:18 AM PDT
by
Responsibility2nd
(NO LIBS. This Means Liberals and (L)libertarians! Same Thing. NO LIBS!!)
To: A.A. Cunningham
Thanks for determining who is pure enough to pass your muster...
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posted on
04/11/2012 10:35:18 AM PDT
by
stormer
To: mnehring
If she doesn’t know that sex causes pregnancy, she is too stupid to be a teacher
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posted on
04/11/2012 10:36:17 AM PDT
by
AppyPappy
(If you really want to annoy someone, point out something obvious that they are trying hard to ignore)
To: Kirkwood
>>>What if she was raped and decided to keep the baby? Should she be punished? Your sense of morality is full of holes and you also know nothing about the circumstances here.<<<
Why bring up a hypothetical that is completely different from the facts of this case? She has made no claim that she was raped. I’d imagine if she had become pregnant as a result of being raped, the school’s reaction would have been totally different and they would have been very supportive.
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posted on
04/11/2012 10:37:01 AM PDT
by
Above My Pay Grade
(The candidate I vote for will NOT have a CARE after his name.)
To: Kirkwood
With that reasoning, anything goes.
Render unto Caesar... and to God what is God’s. Here, she loses under the Caesar clause. And as a Conservative, there is a hint of responsibility that needs to be taken here as well.
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posted on
04/11/2012 10:37:41 AM PDT
by
SgtHooper
(The last thing I want to do is hurt you. But it's still on the list.)
To: All
It’s not about “her”, it’s about what’s best for the students.
We have become a “me first” society and some people’s reactions to this story are proof.
The school handled this correctly.
To: Darren McCarty
So. We should condone (endorse) immoral behaviour in a Christian environment or else that person will go on to have an abortion.
Are you listening to yourself?
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posted on
04/11/2012 10:39:00 AM PDT
by
Responsibility2nd
(NO LIBS. This Means Liberals and (L)libertarians! Same Thing. NO LIBS!!)
To: All
She will serve a greater good: youngsters who see this story will learn there are consequences to bad choices.’
Again, this isn’t about what’s best for HER, it’s about what’s best for the students.
To: Responsibility2nd
“Really? And how do you see Catholics handling the kind of problem they have with pedo priests?”
All too often, not very well at all.
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posted on
04/11/2012 10:44:16 AM PDT
by
Psalm 144
("I'm not willing to light my hair on fire to try and get support. I am who I am." - Willard M Romney)
To: Kirkwood
Since she fell to weakness of the flesh and broke a contract, the chick (Who the angle Gabriel most likely never paid her a visit nor the sperm donor for that matter) might as well ridicule Christianity while she is at it and name her bastard Jesus.
Bravo to your feeble-minded point while you foolishly compare this child to the already risen Lord, ROTFLMAO. At least Joseph stepped up to the plate, lol, hope the sperm donor at least emulates that part of the Nativity story.
Counseling and attempting to get the father of the child to do the right thing should be the main concern of the Church.
The lady should humble herself and realize that her actions of a person in authority sends a very perplexing teaching tool to those of the Christian persuasion who are learning from the behavior of so called self-restrained adults.
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posted on
04/11/2012 10:45:38 AM PDT
by
rollo tomasi
(Working hard to pay for deadbeats and corrupt politicians)
To: TSgt
Im a Christian and I dont believe this is right. Christians beat their chest about abortion and contraception and then ostracize women who become pregnant out of wedlock. So much for loving the mother and child... The Bible has other penalties for fornication and/or adultery ("Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil." Matthew 5:17) which most jurisdictions do not enforce.
What does the Bible say to do under these circumstances?
To: AppyPappy
If she doesnt know that sex causes pregnancy, she is too stupid to be a teacher No BC is 100% sure even when used correctly.
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posted on
04/11/2012 10:46:28 AM PDT
by
trailhkr1
(All you need to know about Zimmerman, innocent = riots, manslaughter = riots, guilty = riots)
To: tbpiper
“Maybe she should sue the owner of the penis she was playing with.”
I expect she will and she should.
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posted on
04/11/2012 10:47:00 AM PDT
by
Psalm 144
("I'm not willing to light my hair on fire to try and get support. I am who I am." - Willard M Romney)
To: Responsibility2nd
The fired teacher and expectant mother said she did nothing wrong, and faces financial problems now, including giving birth without insurance. Nothing wrong? Didn't commit either fornication or adultery?
To: Kirkwood
What if she was raped and decided to keep the baby? Should she be punished? Your sense of morality is full of holes Maybe I missed something, but NOWHERE IN THE ARTICLE is the word "rape" even mentioned. You must be pro-death to come up with the typical pro-abortion canard.
I'm sure there'd be an exception if that were the truth, but, I'm sorry, I didn't see rape even mentioned, nor did she hint that she was in anyway put upon.
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posted on
04/11/2012 10:59:33 AM PDT
by
laweeks
To: Kirkwood
angle Gabriel, sorry angel Gabriel, must of been thinking about this guy:
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posted on
04/11/2012 10:59:41 AM PDT
by
rollo tomasi
(Working hard to pay for deadbeats and corrupt politicians)
To: trailhkr1
Not but the chance of a failure causing a pregnancy is extremely low.
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posted on
04/11/2012 11:00:49 AM PDT
by
AppyPappy
(If you really want to annoy someone, point out something obvious that they are trying hard to ignore)
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