Vatican Condemns The U.N. resolution for equal rights.

 

People who criticise gay sexual relations for religious or moral reasons are increasingly being attacked and vilified for their views, a Vatican diplomat told the United Nations Human Rights Council on Tuesday.

U.S. Catholics break with church on gay relationships!

 

Interesting news from the US regarding the catholic church and its supporters.   According to the latest research  it appears that many U.S. Catholics out of sync with their church's teachings on personal morality. This time it's a look at Catholics' support for gay rights, in particular marriage and civil unions.

Gay priest fired from Philadelphia Catholic university

 

An openly gay priest has been fired from teaching at a Catholic university in Philadelphia because he has been in a relationship with a man for the past 15 years. Father James St George says that Chestnut Hill College always knew that he was gay, but the university says it was unaware of his sexuality.

Halton Catholic Board drops ban on gay-straight clubs

News in from Canada,   at last the Halton Catholic School Board see’s sense with  trustees  voting to rescind a controversial policy that banned gay-straight clubs in its schools.

Trustees  voted 8-2 to do away with the policy passed by the outgoing board last number.

The board, facing criticism from gay rights groups and citizens for the ban, also voted to put in place as an interim measure called the Ontario Education Services Corporations' (OESC) Catholic template policy. It was developed in 2010 along with Catholic community partners throughout the province to help Catholic school boards define their vision and commitment to the Ministry of Education's equity and inclusive education strategy.

The interim move was approved 8-0.

An overflow crowd packed the board's small meeting room, showing the emotion in the issue. Only about 70 people were able to get in and two youths carried signs which said “Love sees no gender or sexual orientation” and “Don't hate or discriminate.” A woman, however, carried a sign which said the school board “already fosters equity and inclusiveness - no need for gay-straight alliance clubs.

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Catholic schools ban gay-straight alliance groups

Liking Gay’s to Nazi’s

With the world’s spotlight on the It Gets Better campaign and gay teen suicides, the urgency for schools to create gay-straight alliance (GSA) groups seems obvious, uniting the two to a better understanding of each other.  However,  things are not going that way in part of Canada,    some say bringing shame on the county.

Now,  the Ontario Ministry of Education thinks such things as Gay-Straight Alliances are of great important, the Halton Catholic District School Board (HCDSB) takes a very  different view.

The see it as harmful if gay and straight people talk together to get a better understanding of each others views, situations and experiences.   The HCDSB feels so much so  that they have issued a ban on GSAs altogether.

In defence of the ban they proudly proclaim “We don’t have Nazi groups either,” rationalizes board chair Alice Anne LeMay. “Gay-straight alliances are banned because they are not within the teachings of the Catholic Church.”