Mirrors of Justice looks at this (be sure to see the comments). See Who may attend Catholic schools?
I am conflicted on this but I see why the Archdiocese is taking it's position here. No doubt the Church for the next decade will be in the gun sights of gay advocate groups and thus there will be an effort to avoid situations that could develop that will give ammo. I can think of many that would come up in this context.
One thought and one we United States Catholics tend to forget. In the main post he makes this observation
"I don't intend these questions to be snarky or rhetorical -- the Church's witness on an issue that is so prone to reflexive accusations of mean-spirited discrimination requires consistent and principled policies. Has the Church been consistent in deciding which children may attend Catholic schools?"
There is of course one Catholic Church but there are local dioceses headed by individual Bishops that are the local Churches. In reality there is no such thing as the "United States" Catholic Church but individual dioceses united to Peter. There is a United States Bishops Conference but there is no United States Church. So besides the requirements of Canon Law I suspect the policies of who can attend Catholic schools differs diocese by diocese.
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
The Catholic Legal View Of The Archdiocese Denver Catholic School Controversy
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I can see where the school is coming from in regards to the lifestyle of the child's parent. I went to both public and private-protestant schools growing up. The biggest difference, IMO, was the private school parents were much more engaged and on the same page as the teachers than at the public school. No matter how good the teachers are from 8-3 during the weekday, their teaching of church doctrine will be undermined the rest of the week. Once you start getting kids at a school that are compromised by their home life, it's not long before other students can be affected.
Yeah and then you have issues of Parent Teacher meetings, The Catholic version of the PTA, and all sort of things here
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