lesbians need not apply

[Holly]

It's "their school" run by their tenets. The girls are best off knowing that they are not wanted by that particular group so they can get on with their lives with people who do care about their lives.

Religious organizations do have the right to control who they provide their services too.

Better for the gay youth of our society to realize that many religious organizations do not love them like they (the organizations) love themselves.

It's probably not the first of many hard lessons the young women will learn.

If the position of this particular religious group is not something you condone, then I'd respectfully suggest you not do anything to demonstrate support for this organization overall. If you are a member of that particular religious faction, leave. Find a more tolerant religious organization to join. If it's not your organization at all, then find a way to express your disgust in a viable social context.

Many folks disregard the power of letter writing. Folly. Letters to governing bodies of religions, companies, states, counties, etc. are powerful in their own right.

Thank you for sharing this information, by the way. I find it quite important for the many discriminating incidents that all gay people experience on a daily basis to consistently be held up to public scrutiny.

I'll remind us that gay teens are the second largest group to commit suicide.

Organizations such as this one don't help reduce that statistic.

Very nice post.

 

[luvmy3]

Private schools have rules that differ from public schools and they are allowed to have them. There are rules for the faculty and rules for students that do not exist in the public arena. I taught in a Christian school and I had to sign a code of conduct as a part of my contract. I was not permitted to act in a manner that was inconsistent with the Christian values espoused by the school. I was married, but one of my friends was single and she had to be very circumspect about dating. Our students were not permitted to engage in "PDA's", they wore uniforms, there were strict restrictions on behavior. If our teens were dating, there was to be no behavior on school grounds that would announce that relationship-no kissing in the hallways before class, no hand holding.

My guess is that the rules for this school were probably similar, and the girls were indiscreet about their relationship. Otherwise, nobody would have known and it wouldn't have been an issue.

This is true of the students also. I had to sign something like that when I was a student. Of course that didn't stop 3/4 of the student body from doing anything but the school is within its rights to punish students as they see fit based on behavior that breaks the code of conduct. Being gay goes against Christian values therefore those students broke the code of conduct. I'm not saying the school was right, just that they do have the right to expel.

If I was a parent of a gay teen, the last place I would send them to school is a Christian one. Its not a secret that they do not accept gay people and their lifestyle

 

[Charade]

In some ways that can be interpreted as a yes. If their religious position is intolerance, and pushes gay youth away, then those youth may well consider suicide (and be successful). So yes, in the sense that they contribute to the emotional distress that a gay teen experiences, and makes that stress worse, they can be seen as having some level of responsibility for the death of those youth who cannot make it to the level of self acceptance that any person needs to have to be considered emotionally healthy.

But the Taliban is the only "game in town" over there. Not here in the US. There are TONS of alternative religious organizations people can participate in here. You don't have to go where you aren't accepted.

 

[Charade]

I do.

I know and I find it a bit disingenuous. But that's just me.

 

[TennisGirl80]

I am not gay (though have gay friends) and not Cathlioc, and I think this is just so stupid - I don't care what my neighbor does in his/her house (as long as its legal!), so I don't see why others worry about it. Having said that, strict Cathloics believe that being gay is "bad", so I can understand why they would want these girls out of their school. I don't think this is ever going to change, at least not in our lifetimes - those who believe in the bible and such and believe that this is a sin will never be changed.
We as a country have come far in voting in a black president, but we obviously have far to go.

 

[mkingdomlvr]

MagicKindomlvr, I'd imagine the girls were honest and refused to present themselves to the school as something they weren't. I'd not rush to assume indiscretion.

I just know what would have gotten them expelled in the school I used to work in. A boy and girl expressing affection outwardly in our school got warnings, their parents were alerted, and if they persisted in defying school rules, they would have been out.


If the school dismissed these girls simply on rumor, then I do not agree with the decision. Unless they were walking around wearing signs announcing their sexual orientation, I can't see how the school would know other than PDA's.

 

[Mr Man]

The Christian Taliban....my favorite.

Yes indeed. I think dropping a wall on them and then execution by stoning was over the top too.......

Oh.....right.....that didn't happen.......

Carry-on then.


Meanwhile in the real world......here is what the Taliban and their friends do.

http://www.christianpost.com/Intl/O...d-christian-students-in-nigeria-08/index.html

Just think what the Islamist terrorists would do to GLBT.......

http://www.cbn.com/CBNnews/115315.aspx

 

[OrlandoMike]

We all know the news is not always right, but I did find this part of the story interisting......

because of an alleged lesbian relationship.

This could open the door to all sorts of problems! Alleged?

 

[MrsKreamer]

I am not gay (though have gay friends) and not Cathlioc, and I think this is just so stupid - I don't care what my neighbor does in his/her house (as long as its legal!), so I don't see why others worry about it. Having said that, strict Cathloics believe that being gay is "bad", so I can understand why they would want these girls out of their school. I don't think this is ever going to change, at least not in our lifetimes - those who believe in the bible and such and believe that this is a sin will never be changed.
We as a country have come far in voting in a black president, but we obviously have far to go.

Strict "Cathliocs" do not believe that be gay is "bad". This wasn't a "Cathlioc" school, it was a Christian one.

 

[MrsKreamer]

This was a Private school and therefore allowed to be "selective"...I think it is terrible for expelling someone on these grounds...but it is a Private school.

 

[shmoogrrrl]

Suicide...You might want to catch "Prayers for Bobby".

Murder....You might want to read up on Matthew Sheppard.

I didn't realize that a school was responsible for Matthew Sheppard. Here I thought it was a bunch of grown men with very little sense.

Seems like QUITE a stretch to me.

As far as the person who mentioned the American Taliban.... I don't recall reading that the School took the girls out to the football stadium and shot them. Did I miss that part?

 

[luvmy3]

Strict "Cathlioc" do not believe that be gay is "bad". Tis wasn't a "Cathlioc" school, it was a Christian one.

Catholics believe homosexuality is a sin. You personally may not feel that way, as many other Catholics don't but the Catholic teachings say homosexuality is a wrong.

 

[mkingdomlvr]

We all know the news is not always right, but I did find this part of the story interisting......

because of an alleged lesbian relationship.

This could open the door to all sorts of problems! Alleged?

Now, if this was done based on rumor, I have a LOT of trouble with it. "Thou shalt not bear false witness" is not a suggestion and a decision as final as expulsion should never be based on gossip.

 

[Goofyluver]

Suicide...You might want to catch "Prayers for Bobby".

Murder....You might want to read up on Matthew Sheppard.

 

[MrsKreamer]

Catholics believe homosexuality is a sin. You personally may not feel that way, as many other Catholics don't but the Catholic teachings say homosexuality is a wrong.

Actually the Catholic Church believe the act of homosexuality is a sin, not just being a homosexual. No I don't agree, but bringing up Catholic Doctrine into this conversation is moot, as this was not a Catholic school.

 

[The Mystery Machine]

I didn't realize that a school was responsible for Matthew Sheppard. Here I thought it was a bunch of grown men with very little sense.

Seems like QUITE a stretch to me.

As far as the person who mentioned the American Taliban.... I don't recall reading that the School took the girls out to the football stadium and shot them. Did I miss that part?

No but they wouldn't care if they killed themselves.

 

[luvmy3]

Actually the Catholic Church believe the act of homosexuality is a sin, not just being a homosexual. No I don't agree, but bringing up Catholic Doctrine into this conversation is moot, as this was not a Catholic school.

YOu do realize that Catholics are Christians right?

 

[Goofyluver]

Hey...good for that "Christian" school for speakin' out against the real "evils" of the world.

At least they're consistent in their message.

Hide your hate and intolerance behind religion!

 

[Charade]

No but they wouldn't care if they killed themselves.

Typo?

 

[TennisGirl80]

Actually the Catholic Church believe the act of homosexuality is a sin, not just being a homosexual. No I don't agree, but bringing up Catholic Doctrine into this conversation is moot, as this was not a Catholic school.

Oh - it wasn't a Catholic school?? Where was this school then, what state?
Wait, it was a Catholic schoo, but not a Christian school??? Sorry, the lone Jew doesn't get it!! Whats the difference?