There once was a teacher…

There’s a Catholic school in Ohio that was ordered by their Archbishop to fire a teacher, during this Covid pandemic, because he is gay.

The Archbishop cherry picked his way through the bible, ignoring all the passages about compassion, to land on the passages about homosexuality being sinful, and took it upon himself to punish a gay teacher, during a time when compassion is most needed.

More compassionate and sensible folk cried out against this merciless, senseless and judgmental act, including me. I sent this to Laura Eiken of that Catholic school in Ohio.

To: Eiken, Laura <laura.eiken@alterhs.org>

Subject: Making the rounds on FB

https://act.faithfulamerica.org/sign/alter-fires-lgbtq-teacher/?t=2&akid=3489%2E655527%2Es0AECb

You might want to remind your Archbishop that there is NOTHING in the bible about punitive action toward Gay people, but an awful lot about compassion.

While Scripture teaches that homosexual acts are sinful, these Bible verses aren’t about condemning homosexuals, gays, lesbians, or transgender.

To his credit, the principal actually took the time to respond, but not to take responsibility:

Dear Mrs. Hirsch:

Thank you for your email. I hope you and your family are well during this unprecedented pandemic.

Please know that, while this issue is being openly discussed on social media, I am…