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Odoreida

(1,549 posts)
Sun Mar 17, 2019, 12:13 PM Mar 2019

JoCo {Johnson County Kansas} Catholic school bans gay couple's kindergartner ...

JoCo Catholic school bans gay couple’s kindergartner. Hundreds of parents protest
https://www.kansascity.com/living/religion/article227148974.html

A Prairie Village Roman Catholic grade school this year denied enrollment to a kindergartner who is the child of a same-sex couple. Now almost 1,000 people have signed a petition asking church leaders to reconsider.

The petition over St. Ann Catholic School on Mission Road is addressed to Archbishop Joseph Naumann and school Superintendent Kathy O’Hara. About half of the people who signed it are members of St. Ann.

“Respectfully, we believe that the decision to deny a child of God access to such a wonderful community and education, based on the notion that his or her parent’s union is not in accordance with the Church’s teaching in Sacramental marriage, lacks the compassion and mercy of Christ’s message,” the petition reads.

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Analysis:
I don't think it was a matter of denying the enrollment simply because the parents are transgressors, but rather to avoid possible trouble from troublemakers. Looks like the avoiding trouble thing is not working out them.

Additional observation: Not all religion, but always religion.
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JoCo {Johnson County Kansas} Catholic school bans gay couple's kindergartner ... (Original Post) Odoreida Mar 2019 OP
Ah, praise the Lord Jesus, lover of all mankind. What a crock. Firestorm49 Mar 2019 #1
Don't see how that school could claim to be teaching OregonBlue Mar 2019 #2
Do they reject the children of single parents? Or the children of divorcees? Jake Stern Mar 2019 #3

Jake Stern

(3,145 posts)
3. Do they reject the children of single parents? Or the children of divorcees?
Sun Mar 17, 2019, 03:37 PM
Mar 2019

Unwed parenthood is a big no-no according to Catholic teaching as is divorce without an annulment.

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