To save its 'Catholic identity,' Indianapolis' Cathedral High School is firing a gay teacher

[trotsky]

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/education/2019/06/23/indianapolis-catholic-school-fires-gay-teacher-archdiocese/1543989001/

Just days after the Archdiocese of Indianapolis cut ties with one Catholic high school over its decision to continue to employee a gay teacher, another school is firing one of its educators to avoid the same fate.

Cathedral High School, located on the northeast side of Indianapolis, announced Sunday it is terminating a gay teacher in order to avoid a split with the archdiocese, which, last week, stripped Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory School of its Catholic identity.

Brebeuf refused to fire its educator, who is in a public same-sex marriage.

Cathedral's board Chairman Matt Cohoat and President Rob Bridges posted a letter on the school's website announcing the decision to "separate" from a teacher in a public same-sex marriage. The letter is addressed to the "Cathedral family."

[NeoGreen]

1. So, when they say "catholic identity" are we to surmise that it is synonymous with...

..."bigoted haters"?

[democratisphere]

4. Apparently.

No wonder their numbers are shrinking.

[Mariana]

11. Not fast enough. nt.

[TrogL]

6. catholic and Catholic have different meanings

The former refers to the unity of Christendom, the latter is short for the Romish church.

[NeoGreen]

13. A distinction...

...that does not raise itself to be worthy of my concern.

[Mariana]

12. Better edit and capitalize the word "catholic", NeoGreen.

Lest someone nitpick you over that, so as to avoid discussing the subject of the thread, and your comment about it.

Oh, look, someone already did that. How utterly unsurprising.

[NeoGreen]

14. I'm shocked! SHOCKED!...

..that someone would nitpick here.

I guess we should all be glad it didn't spell it as 'cathodic'.

[Major Nikon]

2. Funny how even some here on DU demand unconditional tolerance of the RCC

...when they clearly lack tolerance for everyone else.

[democratisphere]

3. The Cathedral Catholic "family" appears to be very disfunctional.

Catholics need to come into the 21st Century. Enough of this archaic thinking.

Jeebus H. wouldn't be happy!

[Zambero]

5. More correctly, the glass house cathedral family

Opting to throw stones in the wake of ongoing pedophile priest incidents and coverups.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

7. Link to the Indianapolis Star, part of Gannett. Probably word for word the same thing.

Hat tip, a commenter at Joe.My.God:

Christian Prophetess: I Saw Angels Bombarding Trump Protesters To Drive Away Their “Demonic Infections”
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Elagabalus • 7 minutes ago
O/T Jesuit school in Indianapolis caves and fires gay teacher, because Jesus:

https://www.indystar.com/story/news/education/2019/06/23/cathedral-high-school-indianapolis-archdiocese-fires-gay-teacher/1543384001/

Cathedral High School terminates gay teacher to stay in Indianapolis Archdiocese

Arika Herron, Indianapolis Star Published 6:49 p.m. ET June 23, 2019 | Updated 11:24 a.m. ET June 24, 2019

[MineralMan]

8. Dumbasses!

All I can say!

[demigoddess]

9. why can't they just live and let live???

what if I were catholic and I believed that God did not hate or want gay people to change? What if God made them that way on purpose? What if God wants them to marry if they want to??? Do you really want to answer to that in the afterlife???? I wouldn't.

[trotsky]

10. I'd say the entire history of the RCC goes against the principle of "live and let live."

They're just continuing the long, sad tradition.