Catholics in large numbers support the use of birth control, same-sex marriage, and abortion rights. But there’s a difference between holding those beliefs and acting on them.
That’s why Catholic schools will fire you for being in a same-sex marriage, which is what happened this month in Florida when administrators at Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic School kicked out teacher Jocelyn Morffi (pictured left) days after she and her partner had their wedding.
But in the case of Morffi, there’s a twist in the case we haven’t seen very often. At her wedding this month, four of her school colleagues attended the ceremony. And now those employees have reason to believe the school will fire them as well.
Four teachers attended the wedding, one of them told The Times on Wednesday. She asked not to be named out of fear for her career.
After Ms. Morffi was fired, the teacher said, they were called into a meeting with school officials. She said they were warned that if they wanted to continue working for the school, they could not post pictures or attend events that would be considered supportive of same-sex marriage.
The human resources representative at the meeting “didn’t straight out say you’ll be fired if you do, but that’s what she led us to believe,” the teacher said, adding that she was disappointed about how the situation was handled.
All of this is just more reason for decent teachers to look for jobs outside the Catholic school system, and for decent parents to send their kids to a better public or private school instead of a place that punishes teachers for who they love while ignoring how well they teach. And if those aren’t options, then more students at these Catholic schools need to stage protests and walk out on their bigoted administrators.
Read the full story at the Friendly Atheist Blog
