Does Boulder’s Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic School Also Deny Kids Born Out of Wedlock?
Actually, this is something reader George wonders about, who says he might be relocating to the Boulder area, and CC’d us on an email he sent to Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic School, which last week made headlines for refusing to let the child of two lesbians return.
Writes George: “I understand that the Diocese denied enrollment in Sacred Heart of Jesus PreSchool to a child of a lesbian couple. Is it to fair to assume that the Diocese would also deny enrollment to a child of a single parent, if that child was conceived out-of-wedlock? Or, does the Diocese pick and choose which Church teachings it enforces? Perhaps the parent of the child born out-of-wedlock promises to not engage in further sexual relations outside of marriage? If that is the case, how is that agreement monitored? Also, does that restriction (not engaging in sexual relations outside of marriage) hold true for all parents enrolled in Catholic Schools in Boulder?”
Yes. Let’s find the cheating heteros and get their kids kicked out. Something tells us enrollment at Sacred Heart would plummet.
Or the children of divorce? What about kids from families who aren’t Catholic…they obviously aren’t following Catholic doctrine, but many many Catholic schools have students that aren’t Catholics.
an exec I used to work for put her kids in a Catholic school. Her husband ended up cheating on her with the kids’ religion teacher. Besides the effects of the actual divorce, the teacher was not removed, nor were the children (at least by the school. She obviously decided to change schools on her own.)
Keep it Classy Catholic Church!
All that matters to them is that at some point, a straight guy fell on top of a straight woman and they had a kid. That’s it. Divorced, single-parent, cheating, remarried…that’s all incidental.
Jesus Christ was conceived out of wedlock. That’s not blasphemous – it’s just a tenet of the Catholic faith. Who are WE to decide whether or not a small child – or anyone else for that matter – is worthy of church ministry?
Would they also deny Mel Gibson’s kids now that he is divorced? Remember Divorce? That thing forbidden by the church yet many Roman Catholics take part in. Children of Divorced parents should be kicked out of school immediately.
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The Archbishop of Denver, Charles Chaput, is half Pawatomie Indian. His picture on the archdioocese of Denver website made my gaydar go off. I think he must be an Indian princess. This is another example of self-loathing gays oppressing their own. Freud was right. Another minority bishop, in Columbus Ohio, gave $10,000.00 to the anti-gay marriage fight in Maine last fall. I wonder if he is covering his tracks about having so many gay friends in the clergy, and in Washington, DC?
Really that is highly unCatholic of them. Ugh maybe I got spoiled in Catholic high school where the school was the first to accept LGBT parent to register as parents rather than guardians.