Catholic school's alleged sacking of gay teachers sparks protests

Students and parents were planning protests after a Catholic school outside of Seattle allegedly forced out two teachers for being gay. Kennedy Catholic High School in Burien, Washington, claims that both English teacher Paul Danforth and soccer coach Michelle Beattie "voluntarily resigned" shortly after they got engaged to same-sex partners.

In a statement to CBS News, Danforth's fiancé Sean Nyberg said his partner was "no longer employed specifically because he and I got engaged… This is not only personally painful, it also harms former students who looked up to them."

Danforth and Nyberg got engaged in November. Danforth had been teaching English at the school for five years, following in the footsteps of his father who taught there for almost four decades. Beattie also recently got engaged to her same-sex partner.

Students at the private school are now planning both a sit-in and a walkout. For students like 17-year-old senior Griffin Terry, a member of the LGBTQ community, the teachers' departures are personal.

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