Imagine a group of Catholic parents demanding that their church school throw out the children of parents who are divorced or employed as usurers, death-row executioners, or manufacturers of weapons of indiscriminate slaughter. Unlikely, right?
So why the outrage when a Catholic parish school in Orange County, Calif., admits the children of gay parents?
It’s interesting to speculate on why in the world these gay dads would want their kids to attend a Catholic school. I can only assume that it must come down to a quality-of-education issue; i.e. the public schools in their district must really, really suck.
It would also be interesting to know the full extent of the objecting parents’ misgivings. Are they thinking–with these people, anything is possible–that because they have gay dads, the boys themselves are likely to be homosexual? Would they be smart enough to realize that is probably not the case?
I can’t wait to see how the situation develops.
I doubt this is the kind of suffering he was hoping for… 😉
Actually I’d say most mainstream media reporting has been quick to point out that the school officials have been level-headed and supportive of the kids and that they have no plans to kick out kids of parents who don’t follow other church teachings. Overall the hysterical parents are coming off looking like the bad guys in all of this. I think all the coverage for this is quite beneficial and is showing that homosexuality is simply the most current cultural reality the church will overcome.
How on Earth is the Catholic Church going to “overcome” the “cultural reality” of homosexuality? If by “overcome” you mean “learn to live with”–which is what I hope you mean–then how is that possible, given the homophobic rantings of Catholics from the Pope on down?
I dunno, that’s their problem. They got over the whole “sun orbits around a flat earth” thing eventually and that was once considered heresy.
Actually Costa Mesa is in the heart of a very prosperous part of a very prosperous county, I imagine the public schools there are excellent. Furthermore it’s well within commuting distance of my residence in Long Beach, home to many different denominations of gay-affirming religious groups which they could presumably be a part of – for those people interested in actively reconciling their religious beliefs and sexuality.
There’s nothing wrong with gay people but sending your child to a catholic school where they are against that is STOPID!!!! they must have known that! Now there kids will suffer! God never said be GAY!!!! Mariage is between a woman and man. I’m all for equal rights of gays but it should not be made a law for them to be married because that’s not marriage!!!
And THAT, gentle readers, is the mentality, or rather the lack thereof, that we are dealing with in our quest for equality for our most intimate family relationships.
I think this kids are suffering the most.
they have suffered before, for they don’t have a mother and father, and now, they are being used for political purpose. they’re under horible situation.
Om, I must assume you know the fathers of these children, to be able to make the claim that they are being used for “political purpose (sic)”- is that correct?
Because if you don’t know them, you cannot know the reasons they wanted their children to attend this school. I went to a Catholic high school that allowed non-Catholics to attend. Most of the parents of non-Catholics, including the one athiest family, were attracted by the small class size and personal attention of the school. They certainly weren’t part of some plot to convince Catholics to end their belief in God.
After all, these fathers probably realize their children will have to deal their entire lives with those who have chosen different lifestyles, including those who have chosen conservative “Christian” lifestyles. Although the fathers may find these lifestyles personally offensive, their children do have to live in the world where such people are respected. I think it is good they wanted their children to learn early to “love the sinner, but hate the sin,” the sin in this case of following a religion that has unfortunately perverted the true teachings of Jesus Christ.
And, Om, we *all* know that living in an orphanage, or being passed from foster family to foster family is WAY superior to having a stable placement with a loving same-sex couple as parents.
Political purpose? We would never know about this family if it weren’t for the loving peaceful Catholic families raising the issues. Don’t blame the victims of this bigotry.
I am a lesbian and I attended a Catholic primary school, and I can’t belive the fuss being made over this.
One girl who went there, her mother had her when she was 15…this is against the bible, against its teachings, but there was no question of refusing her. Kids with gay parents don’t automatically turn gay themselves, it doesnt work like that. It just means they won’t have a problem with the gay lifestyle, not that they will ‘turn’ gay themselves.
Marriage, no offense to anyone, is not about God. Pagans, atheists, etc get married, and there’s no fuss. Yes homosexuality appears* to be against the bible teachings, but so is paganism, atheism, and they get married. Gay couples love each other, and should have the right to get married and adopt kids just like anyone else.
Stephanie, how can you be for equal rights for gays, if you are denying them the right to be married, and adopt children?
This attitude about gay people being promiscuous people incapable of the real love and commitment required for marriage is medieval…this is the same religion that burned people for being witches and killed others for telling them the earth moved around the sun. Also the same people who twisted Darwins survival of the fittest theory and decided that black people were inferior. Not that non-christians didn’t also belive this, but Christian’s were in control of society back then.
Well…this is a long post, but I had a lot to get out.
*I have my own reasons for thinking that all’s not as it appears.