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31. So now this woman and her child have no paycheck and no benefits.

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Tue Feb 26, 2013, 04:08 PM

Feb 2013

Jesus would be proud.

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Church: Unwed, pregnant teacher fired for violating ‘morality clause’ [View all] midwest irish Feb 2013 OP

So sad! MAD Dave Feb 2013 #1

A friend of mine knows her and told me that she proved that she got pregnant through artificial pampango Feb 2013 #5

Unfortuantly midwest irish Feb 2013 #9

Yes, I think that is where he said that she taught. n/t pampango Feb 2013 #10

The catholic church doesn't believe in having sex before your married. It's ok to play southernyankeebelle Feb 2013 #26

Pretty sure you're right! MAD Dave Feb 2013 #35

Yep that is the teaching. I had it pounded into my head by my father. I didn't want to southernyankeebelle Feb 2013 #40

She needs to file on sex discrimination. All she has to do is find one male teacher who has ever McCamy Taylor Feb 2013 #42

I don't think it would help her. This is a private school and they can do what they want. They southernyankeebelle Feb 2013 #43

It occurs to me that that needs to change. Occulus Feb 2013 #46

I see your point however, private organizations have a right to have who they want. southernyankeebelle Feb 2013 #47

Will they make her sleep in the manger? n/t eggplant Feb 2013 #2

Similar story out of texas last year alp227 Feb 2013 #3

LOLOLOL get the red out Feb 2013 #4

What do the pedophile priests have to do to violate the morality clause? RC Feb 2013 #6

The individual diocese are going Chapter 11 so they can weasle out of their debts when... Walk away Feb 2013 #23

Be female get the red out Feb 2013 #28

If it was policy, why didn't they do the same thing with the priest's that molested kids? still_one Feb 2013 #7

Ah, wasn't their precious Mother Mary an unwed mother? ... Wernothelpless Feb 2013 #8

Technically Yes - She Was Pregnant Before Joseph And There Is No Mention Of A Marriage TheMastersNemesis Feb 2013 #12

Like minds SCVDem Feb 2013 #17

Agreed. This is libertarianism, private institutions discriminating at will. Property over people. freshwest Feb 2013 #19

"the fact that some portion of her salary came from tax subsidies" midwest irish Feb 2013 #24

Churches get tax money for faith-based social programs. It's all mixed in, can't be accounted for. freshwest Feb 2013 #27

Joseph, The Patron Saint of Gullible Cuckolds Tom Ripley Feb 2013 #22

"God can do anything" ... Wernothelpless Feb 2013 #48

All I can say is WOW, just wow! and it's not the Onion. mountain grammy Feb 2013 #11

Here is one for a male teacher HockeyMom Feb 2013 #13

I am waiting for them Kelvin Mace Feb 2013 #14

Tou mean like priests? But they're wedded and not pregnant. marble falls Feb 2013 #16

Don't you get it? They didn't fire her because she was pregnant and unwed; they fired her for ..... marble falls Feb 2013 #15

There is a good reason to never consider any sectarian school for your child's education. Dawson Leery Feb 2013 #18

Too bad she wasn't a pedophile. They would have given her a raise, a promotion and... Walk away Feb 2013 #20

Why didn't she just tell them that the Holy Ghost knocked her up? Tom Ripley Feb 2013 #21

Don't work for a Catholic School HockeyMom Feb 2013 #25

+1 Blue_Tires Feb 2013 #38

Freedom Of Religion DallasNE Feb 2013 #29

That absolutist position has not been accepted in American law. Jim Lane Feb 2013 #36

What Is Absolutist Here DallasNE Feb 2013 #37

Here's what I was calling absolutist Jim Lane Feb 2013 #45

The Church Was Being Absolutist DallasNE Feb 2013 #49

And then they wonder why a woman would choose to have an abortion. Tanuki Feb 2013 #30

So now this woman and her child have no paycheck and no benefits. drm604 Feb 2013 #31

She will go bankrupt paying for the birth midwest irish Feb 2013 #32

Priests Molest Children & They Are Allowed To Continue In Ministry . . . cer7711 Feb 2013 #33

It would be agreeable IF... Veri1138 Feb 2013 #34

As an editor, that headline makes me grind my teeth... CBHagman Feb 2013 #39

Fired for not having a secret abortion. What a fine example they set for unwed mothers. McCamy Taylor Feb 2013 #41

And by the way...THIS is why I am not a Catholic. McCamy Taylor Feb 2013 #44