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I would never attend a religious school that discriminates against homosexuals. And before anyone says all religious schools do that, please note that the graduate school I attended in Milwaukee, WI (Cardinal Stritch University – a private Catholic school) includes sexual orientation in its non-discrimination policy. I checked the university’s non-discrimination policy before I applied for admission. It’s too bad all private religious institutions aren’t like CSU:
After a Lutheran school expelled two 16-year-old girls for having “a bond of intimacy” that was “characteristic of a lesbian relationship,” the girls sued, contending the school had violated a state anti-discrimination law.
In response to that suit, an appeals court decided this week that the private religious school was not a business and therefore did not have to comply with a state law that prohibits businesses from discriminating. A lawyer for the girls said Tuesday that he would ask the California Supreme Court to overturn the unanimous ruling by a three-judge panel of the 4th District Court of Appeal. [source]
Years ago, I wanted my kids to attend Rock Country Christian School, a religious school that was a one minute walk from my house. The interview was going well until the director stated that students whose parents were open homosexuals could not attend their school. I withdrew my application and left. I didn’t sue the school; I called all my friends and we launched our own boycott. We stopped attending their garage sale fundraisers and we don’t buy their food when they set up a fundraiser food booth at the grocery store. We don’t donate to any fundraisers we think might be even remotely related to Rock County Christian.
I know this lawsuit is bigger than 2 teenage girls getting kicked out of school because of their sexual orientation. The lawsuit addresses a much bigger issue: should religious institutions be allowed to practice discrimination and use God as an excuse to do so? If that school receives any kind of federal funding, my answer would be no.
ht: Aaron Brown
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I definitely think it’s *wrong* for the school to do this. However, I’m not seeing that the school receives federal funding. In that case, much like the local Utah college, Brigham Young University, I think that it is perfectly legal for them to do this, and that it should be legal. But still morally wrong. Most churches earn my “morally wrong” stamp, though. I say that as a religious person.
Some private schools receive federal funding. I remember reading that somewhere. If anyone has any evidence to back that up, please post.
If sexual orientation is in the non-discrimination policy, then it seems to me that it should be illegal and these girls absolutely have the right to file suit, simply because this is a prime example of the worst kind of discrimination….in the 60′s people dicriminated against black people,they were at the forefront, and now since we have Obama the focus has changed, black people were the minorities and treated as second class citizens…..and i find that it is harsh that we (gay americans) have come so close to being equal-then havig our rights stripped away is unjust ………. i feel that we are now the second class citizens! Genia we need to march on Washington… are you down?