Christian School Suspends Gay Student, Fires Mother

A Christian school in Harrisburg, PA suspended a boy for the “sin” of being gay. His mother was a teacher at the school. She was fired for standing up for her son.

The mother/teacher, Sharon Wright, is suing the Covenant Christian Academy in Federal Court, claiming that,

the school suspended her son for the “sin” of being gay, then subjected her to “scathing condemnation and blame” for supporting him rather than demanding that he “renounce his sin” – a situation so fraught that it led to her firing.

According to Wright, she has taught at the school for ten years. She taught fifth grade and had two sons enrolled at the school. The eldest of the two sons announced his sexual orientation in a blog post in 2009. He was a senior in the school.

When the school saw the blog posts, they suspended the boy. The two parents were called to a meeting with the school’s principal, Gloria Sanelli, who then informed them that he would not be allowed back into the school until he, ”renounced his sin.”

A school board member, Rich Raynor, added, “your son is broken, and it’s your job to fix him.”