School Rejects Lesbian Couple's Daughter

[zabet]

sorry this is from Fox.. and also apologize if this has been posted before...



School Rejects Lesbian Couple's Daughter

BEDFORD, Texas - A Bedford couple is upset that their daughter was denied admission to a private Episcopal school. The school says it does not agree with their lesbian relationship.

Jill and Tracy Harrison were married in Canada in 2006.

Last month they filled out admission forms to enroll their daughter, Olivia, into St. Vincent’s Episcopal School.

Jill wrote her name next to the word “mother” on the forms. She crossed out “father” and wrote in “mother” next to Tracy's name as well.

School officials said they assumed Tracy was a man. But after the couple attended parent’s night, Olivia was denied admission.

More here: http://www.myfoxdfw.com/dpp/news/082010-school-rejects-lesbian-couple%27s-daughter

So....the child was accepted according to the application until they saw the couple with their own eyes? :wtf:

[AndyA]

1. Episcopal - their God promotes hatred and discrimination, I guess.

What is it? Don't judge others, do unto others, casting the first stone, etc.?

Practice what you preach, people. Saying it and doing something else won't get you into heaven.

[FBaggins]

6. Don't paint "episcopal" with that broad a brush. They are one of the best on this issue.

Their church is currently tearing itself apart from the inside over the issue, but it is the solid majority (including the national leadership) that is very pro-GLBT and a vacaol splinter that is leaving (in a variety of ways). Seems clear that this school is part of the splinter.

[AndyA]

12. Sarcasm much?

Sorry, I thought people would get the sarcasm. Of course the Episcopal church doesn't stand for those things. I'm not sure what the connection to that school is, but the folks who decided to promote hatred and intolerance should be removed from their positions.

[FBaggins]

13. Apparently not. Thanks! n/t

[Botany]

7. The Episcopal Church is very gay friendly but sadly a faction of the ...

.... Church is trying to break away because of "the gay issue." This school is part of that
faction and this is also pretty much the same group that got hot and bothered about women
being priests.

My late uncle was an Episcopal Rector and the loving father of a gay son.


Judge not, that ye be not judged.
For with what judgment ye judge,
ye shall be judged: and with what
measure ye mete, it shall be measured
to you again

[zipplewrath]

2. Kinda of a strange situation

They were getting ready to send their child to a place that would explain to their child that their parents were sinners who should repent. The school probably did them a favor.

[zabet]

4. Well...

all Christians are sinners.....did they prevent any of the other sinners' children from enrolling? Christians are also not to judge lest they be judged by the same 'yardstick' they use to judge others with.

[zipplewrath]

9. But like I say

It's fairly clear that they were going to make a case that their parents were unrepentent sinners. One can argue the christianity of their decision, but the question for the parents is, in that context, do you really want them to go there for school? At the catholic elementary I went to, they had some troubles through the 60s and 70s because there were so many parents getting divorced. The problem is that they kept sending the kids to the catholic school where divorce was a serious sin. The school didn't want to turn away the kids, but they were aware that they were going to be telling these children that what their parents were doing wrong was a sin, and that the new husband or wife wasn't recognized by the church. Worse, the other KIDS would be telling them that.

[Mimosa]

3. Odd, for the American Episcopalian denomination does not endorse discrimination n/t

[Zambero]

5. What were those two lesbian mothers thinking?

I mean, they should have seen this thing coming years ago! If they would have simply aborted the girl early-on, then their justifiably stigmatized daughter would have been spared the humiliation of having to be rejected by godly Christian institutions.

:sarcasm:

[dkf]

8. Religious freedom vs. civil rights

[T Wolf]

10. The Zs are correct - This private school that blatantly discriminates actually did the

correct thing as far as this individual child is concerned, even if for the wrong reason. The girl will be spared the abuse that would certainly have come her way if she was to attend that cesspool.

And WTF were her mothers thinking to even consider subjecting their daughter to that kind of situation?

Bigotry is wrong and should be fought at every turn, but not by using our children as cannon fodder.

[jeremyfive]

11. Simple Solution - Close Down the School.

What would Jesus do? Certainly not what this school has done.

[beyurslf]

14. Why would they expect otherwise?

A private religious school is going to teach what they believe....