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Related: About this forumSt. Joe's elementary teacher speaks out against "morality clause" (California)
http://thealamedan.org/news/st-joes-elementary-teacher-speaks-out-against-morality-clauseSt. Joe's elementary teacher speaks out against "morality clause"
Michele Ellson
Tuesday, June 3, 2014 - 00:05
St. Joseph Elementary School
After 15 years as an art teacher at St. Joseph Elementary School, Annie Heller was considering retirement to take care of an aging parent. But new contract language that seeks to dictate the private conduct of teachers in all of the schools operated by the Catholic Churchs Oakland diocese sealed her decision to move on, she said.
Heller, who is among the 18 percent of teachers employed by the Oakland diocese who arent Catholic, has close friends and family members who are gay and a son who lives with his longtime girlfriend. Being gay and living with an unmarried partner are both prohibited by church teachings.
I just felt like I cant say, Oh, let me sign this, Heller said during an interview late last week.
Heller is one of just a handful of East Bay Catholic school teachers to speak out publicly against the controversial contract language. She said she feels its important to speak out for others who cant.... MORE at link provided above.
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St. Joe's elementary teacher speaks out against "morality clause" (California) (Original Post)
theHandpuppet
Jun 2014
OP
You would think that especially in the Bay Area they'd be far ahead of the Church...
joeybee12
Jun 2014
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joeybee12
(56,177 posts)1. Don't you love how the diocese is trying to make it seem like this is just
some harmless "reminder" Yeah, right, they'll use to fire anyone they want, the fuckers.
theHandpuppet
(19,964 posts)2. I'm just not getting it
The Catholic church seems to be pushing back harder than ever against women and LGBTs. I thought we'd been told that Francis would usher in a new era and we'd see a de-emphasis on social issues. Well I'm sure not feeling it.
joeybee12
(56,177 posts)3. You would think that especially in the Bay Area they'd be far ahead of the Church...
given the make-up of that area...apparently not.