Catholic teacher backs gay son, quits to protest contract. (Pope unavailable for comment)

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Veteran Catholic teacher Molly Shumate stared at the Cincinnati Archdiocese contract for next school year and thought of her son. She remembered when a nervous Zachery Shumate, a teenager at the time, approached her and revealed his homosexuality. His revelation prompted the first-grade teacher to give him a hug, telling her boy she would always love and support him.

So when the new teachers' contract – strictly forbidding public support of homosexuality – was handed to her earlier this year, she was torn.

The employment contract – exclusively obtained and reported by The Enquirer in March – continues to divide huge sections of the region's Catholics. The "morality" clauses – though not unique among Catholic schools nationwide – were a first for the 19-county Archdiocese school system.

http://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/education/2014/05/09/catholic-teacher-backs-gay-son-quitting-protest-controversial-contract/8898181/

Fortunately, people in the area are very upset about this new clause in the contracts. Follow the link for more.

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1. Catholic teachers are shocked, shocked

to find that the organization they devote themselves to is fundamentally bigoted against homosexuals. Shocked, shocked, to find that religion leads people to extreme and uncompromising positions.

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2. It boggles the mind.

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5. If all of the teachers refused to sign the contract

the RCC would back off like a whipped puppy. Especially if other Catholic teachers joined them in protest. If only they had that courage.

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3. DUpes below, with the actual headline.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1218130351

http://www.democraticunderground.com/12214796

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4. That IS the actual headline.

I added my own comment, too, with exactly the reaction I expected.