Californian School Finds It’s OK To Discriminate Against Lesbians On Religious Grounds
DISCRIMINATION is against the law of the land in the US of A. Although if you are discriminating against lesbians on religious grounds, well, then that’s just fine. It’s God’s will:
School can expel lesbian students, says court:
After a Lutheran school expelled two 16-year-old girls for having “a bond of intimacy” that was “characteristic of a lesbian relationship,” the girls sued, contending the school had violated a state anti-discrimination law.
Indeed.
In response to that suit, an appeals court decided this week that the private religious school was not a business and therefore did not have to comply with a state law that prohibits businesses from discriminating…
Kirk D. Hanson, who represented the girls, said the “very troubling” ruling would permit private schools to discriminate against anyone, as long as the schools used their religious beliefs as justification.
“It is almost like it could roll back 20 to 30 years of progress we have made in this area,” said the San Diego attorney. “Basically, this decision gives private schools the license to discriminate.”
John McKay, who represented the Riverside County-based California Lutheran High School, said the ruling correctly acknowledged that the school’s purpose was to “teach Christian values in a Christian setting pursuant to a Christian code of conduct.”
Christian values, such as, er, tolerance, forgiveness, love and, er, understanding…
Posted: 29th, January 2009 | In: Strange But True Comments (8) | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed: RSS 2.0 | TrackBack | Permalink
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January 29th, 2009 at 11:04 am
Very perceptive Yampster. I hadn’t thought of that but I shall remember it well now!
January 29th, 2009 at 10:41 am
Many chuckles at that, Yampster. Many chuckles.
January 29th, 2009 at 10:40 am
Know what’s even worse, diary? If they’re right, and I’m orf to Hell when I breathe my last (being a heathen and all), I won’t even be free of them then. The way most of these so-called Christians behave, they’ll wind up there with me - and I’ll have to spend all eternity listening to them complain that “they’re not s’posed ta be here”.
Oh, well. At least the rapture will mean that the Native American people will get most of their country back in one fell swoop.
January 29th, 2009 at 10:34 am
Any boys’ 6th form college. I don’t believe that gender is specified in the Koran, perhaps a zealot could clarify that?
January 29th, 2009 at 10:18 am
..at 2000 calories a shot, there’s no way they’ll make you thinner!!!
….and where the hell is anyone supposed to find 72 virgins these days anyway?
January 29th, 2009 at 9:33 am
Seriously, bring on the f*cking rapture. Bring it on. If I had to share heaven with these cretins, it wouldn’t be heaven anyway. Left Behind? Gladly! You wouldn’t be able to drag me there with wild horsemen of the apocalypse, the promise of 72 virgins - all of whom look like every crush I ever had, and free kebabs that actually make you thinner and better-looking.
January 29th, 2009 at 9:23 am
Luke 6:29
“Whoever hits you on the cheek, offer him the other also; and whoever takes away your coat, do not withhold your shirt from him either.”
An invitation to shirt lifters everwhere. It’s all in the interpretation
January 29th, 2009 at 9:22 am
ah, yes, like those lovely people sending the hate mail to David Attenborough..!!
sad to say but in many cases these days, Christianity is a cloak for double standards and bigotry in all shapes and forms….