Monday, August 23, 2010

St. Vincent’s (Ft. Worth) under fire for blocking gay activist couple’s attempt to undermine school

The headline (below) distorts the issue significantly from the get-go. First, the child cannot be "of" two women. Secondly, by definition they cannot be "married" to each other although I am certain some court or church declared it to be so. So the headline already sets the tone for a prejudiced, not to mention, jaundiced view of the matter...
"Child of Married Lesbians Denied Enrollment into School (headline)

...They attended the school's parent night on Tuesday, and now, just a few days before school starts Monday, the school is denying their daughter Olivia enrollment into the school because her parents are lesbians, the women said.

I am horribly disappointed. In fact, we are in the 21st century and we are still dealing with this issue. We should just move on. Denying my daughter education based on who I end up sleeping with at the end of the day makes me furious," said Jill.

"It's hard to believe that a place that's supposed to take in and teach children about God and the basics of religion would actually discriminate against her because of who we are," said Tracy...more
Actually, it's not hard to believe at all since the lessons that the child would learn at the school about God would be directly denied and rejected by the words and deeds of her "parents".

One wonders what would lead two women who engage in sexual acts with one another while raising someone else's child in their home and leading the poor child to believe that such activity is normal and good would want to send their child to St. Vincent's?

I wonder if there might be more to this story...

Here is a more balanced article

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