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Offline Catholic school won't admit lesbians' son
- From: AP
- May 13, 2010
A ROMAN Catholic school in Massachusetts has withdrawn its acceptance of an eight-year-old boy with lesbian parents, saying their relationship was "in discord" with church teachings, according to one of the boy's mothers.
It's at least the second time in recent months that students have not been allowed to attend a US Catholic school because of their parents' sexual orientation, with the other instance in Colorado.
The Massachusetts woman, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of concerns about the effect of publicity on her son, said she planned to send the boy to St Paul Elementary School in Hingham in the (northern)autumn.
But she said she learned her son's acceptance was rescinded during a conference call on Tuesday with principal Cynthia Duggan and the parish priest, Father James Rafferty.
"I'm accustomed to discrimination, I suppose, at my age and my experience as a gay woman," the mother said. "But I didn't expect it against my child."
Father Rafferty said her relationship "was in discord with the teachings of the Catholic Church", which holds marriage is only between a man and woman, the woman said.Father Rafferty and Ms Duggan did not respond to requests for comment.
Terrence Donilon, a spokesman for the Boston Archdiocese, said it learned about the school's decision yesterday.
He said the archdiocese is now in "consultation with the pastor and principal to gather more information".
Mr Donilon said the archdiocese does not have a policy prohibiting the children of same-sex couples from attending its schools.
http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/catholic-school-wont-admit-lesbians-son/story-e6frfku0-1225866008785
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transferred by association, according to that moral touchstone, the catholic church....
Thank you. This is precisely what I meant by comparing "true"/"false" Christian pre-selection to Nazi racial cleansing and McCarthy's witch hunt.
Imagine the "bright" time when the US becomes both "de facto" and "de jure" a Christian country.
This is great for that kid. Why the fuck would the lesbian parents want their kid to go to a school that would teach him that gay's are evil and going to hell? I'm not sure who I think is dumber...the church, the school, or the parents...my moron detector is reading positive in all directions at this point.
Hold on a second! What is this business with “one of the boy's mothers”?
Don't get me wrong here, the church needs to get slapped around for what they are doing to the kid. However, telling the kid that he has two mommies is itself going to be a problem.
This eight year old kid is going to go to school one way or another. Even if he ends up in public school, sending him off with the idea of having two mommies is going to end up with him getting shit from his class mates.
Then too, sooner or later, the kid is going to figure out that there is a bigger story out there. He will have the right to know who daddy is. Once he figures that much out, he is also going to want to know which mommy is the real one.
Past that, what happens when he is old enough to date? The way this kid is being raised, he potentially has a really complicated network of sisters in town whom he may never have met. With 22,500 people, Hingham MA is a bit past a wide spot in the road but not by all that much.
If dad was remarried, then there is the possibility of half sisters whom he has no clue on. Step sisters from that marriage are also possible. If the step sister was still an infant when dad remarried, she may have the dad's name even though she is biologically safe to get it on with.
Also, what if there are other girls his age who are not biologically related to him but are related to the step mother? Biologically, this is not incest. However, given the complicated web that is being built around this boy, the two mothers could end up having to have a long talk with him about who he can date and who he can't. Given the two mother's relationship, they certainly are in a weak situation to say anything about social acceptability.
Does all of this sound statistically improbable? Two points:
First, it is a small town. There may only be a few hundred girls his age as a potential pool for him to work with. The parents, all three of them in this case, have a responsibility to the boy.
Second, statistics apply to large populations, not to dozens of people. Or individuals.
Just for grins, what if he does end up marrying his step mother's daughter?
If both fathers refuse to be involved, does mommy walk the bride down the center aisle? Is there even a center aisle? If there is one, how do they decide who sits on which side?
If one father is involved, then will there be two seating sections or three? Does whichever father get to put his friends in the center seating section? If it is the boy's father, that still leaves the step mother walking the bride down whatever aisle ends up being the one. If it is the girl's father, he can walk his daughter down whatever aisle they agree on.
If both father's are involved, then the seating charts become even more complex. At least there ought to be a center aisle and a bride's father to handle that much. However, do both father's families sit on the outer aisles? Or do the families get arranged school yards style father/mother/father/mother?
Seriously, half a century from now, I don't think that anyone is going to give a shit about this stuff. However, today such questions are real and will have to be dealt with as they come up.
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We're neither right now, despite what egocentric bible-thumpers and demographics may tell the rest of the world. We're not a 100% secular society yet, but that isn't stopping non-theists and theists alike for championing secularism either!
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It could happen to anyone, AiGS. My mom had a son she put up for adoption. I didn't know it for many years - and it wasn't confirmed until just this year. We just hadn't seriously asked around is all. Anyhoo, it was remotely possible either my sister or I could have met this half-brother and gotten serious with him. It didn't happen, but there was a possibility.
How many people have half-brothers or sisters they don't know about? How could you count? Who grills their mother about her young indiscretions? And what mother wouldn't bitch slap you for it?
It may not be just your mother, but what about your father screwing around? He could have put a whole lot more into the gene pool than your mom could. You could have passels of unknown half-brothers and sisters and never know. And all parties involved could be hetero. And I would think it much more likely in a large city, than a small town. You are less likely to know someone you are involved with was adopted or in foster care than in a small town where everyone knows everyone else's business.
What is the deal about having two moms or dads? What else would you call the other same sex partner? Auntie or uncle maybe. Suzie or Joe. Why the fuss? Some kids call their mom, mom, ma, mother, mama, or her first name. So?
Children are flexible. Children raised with same sex couples are not appreciably different from children raised with one of each or single parents.
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