I like this quote -- glad someone said it:
Fired Gay Catholic School Teacher Says He Is Quitting Bigoted Church - BuzzFeed News
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Speaking for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Charlotte, David Hains insisted Billard was not fired simply for being homosexual but for violating Catholic teachings so publicly. “His gayness is not in opposition to the teachings of the Catholic Church,” Hains said, citing a doctrine that says gay people “must be accepted with respect, compassion, and sensitivity.” He said Billard veered too far by “going on Facebook, entering into a same-sex relationship, and saying it in a very public way that he does not agree with the teachings of the Catholic Church.”
Promoting same-sex marriage plans amounts to a “public dissing of church teaching that he agreed not to do” as part of his employment agreement, said Hains. Keeping him on staff “would be legitimating that relationship. The church would be saying it’s OK, and it’s not.”
Jim Smith, the associate director of DignityUSA, a seminal LGBT Catholic group, said, “People should not be blindsided or presume that just because the pope says this or that, that we are home free. These firings continue to happen.”
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Billard said:Church teachings also condemn divorce and marrying outside the faith, Billard pointed out, but said the school employs straight people who are divorced or married to non-Catholics. “If you are going to enforce one thing, you darn well better enforce the entire thing,” said Billard.
Fired Gay Catholic School Teacher Says He Is Quitting Bigoted Church - BuzzFeed News
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Speaking for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Charlotte, David Hains insisted Billard was not fired simply for being homosexual but for violating Catholic teachings so publicly. “His gayness is not in opposition to the teachings of the Catholic Church,” Hains said, citing a doctrine that says gay people “must be accepted with respect, compassion, and sensitivity.” He said Billard veered too far by “going on Facebook, entering into a same-sex relationship, and saying it in a very public way that he does not agree with the teachings of the Catholic Church.”
Promoting same-sex marriage plans amounts to a “public dissing of church teaching that he agreed not to do” as part of his employment agreement, said Hains. Keeping him on staff “would be legitimating that relationship. The church would be saying it’s OK, and it’s not.”
Jim Smith, the associate director of DignityUSA, a seminal LGBT Catholic group, said, “People should not be blindsided or presume that just because the pope says this or that, that we are home free. These firings continue to happen.”
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