The Gutless Pacifist has one of the best post titles I have ever seen.
If I understand what I read correctly, Catholic schools in the US require tuition fees up to 6 thousand dollars a semester. (Are they considered private schools?)
The original post is at War Liberal in California and was picked up by Eshaton.
Parents want the diocese to… kick the children of a gay couple out of a church school. Apparently, they think that only “families that pledge to abide by Catholic teachings” should be allowed to educate their children there. Wow. I seem to remember graduating from a Catholic high school even though my father is a divorced Episcopalian.
The Gutless Pacifist highlights a comment at that post:
Published 3 years, 7 months agoThis is just like when St. Peter yelled,
“Get away from His feet, you whore!”
in the Gospel of Matthew.
Remember that part?
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That $6k figure is “up to.” Most Catholic schools tuition are about half that, IIRC. Yes, they would be considered private.
IIRC, in Canada, the Catholic schools are suported by tax dollars; areas will have both public and Catholic school systems, both taxpayer supported.
In the US, no such support exists with a few rare exceptions; Milwaukee and Cleveland have started voucher systems where some kids are getting state aid to go to private schools, including Catholic and evangelical-based schools. Otherwise, parents have to pony up the tuition money or find a schollarship for their kid.
As far as having parents live up to the school’s standards, I recall a cause celeb last spring when a stripper’s kid was kicked out of a evangelical school when she refused to change professions. Schools are allowed to limit their coverage to families who are on the same page theologically; however, they do so at their PR peril.
You can argue that the heterodox families will be a bad influence on the church school but you can also argue that the church school will be a good influnce on them. Take your pick.
Hi there from California. I’m following this story on my blog. Tuition for SJB is about $4,500 for two children. In California, many non-Catholic kids attend parish schools as often they are the only alternative to state schools.
One little problem for the diocese is that without non-Catholic support for the schools, all the schools would close.
Private schools can and do limit the enrollment–it is not uncommon for fundamentalist Christian schools to have a family litmus test such as a recommendation from the family’s pastor.
The problem here seems to be holding one family (the homosexual parents) to a different standard than every other family enrolled in the school.