{"id":28445,"date":"2013-12-22T21:35:17","date_gmt":"2013-12-23T02:35:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/?p=28445"},"modified":"2016-09-30T15:59:20","modified_gmt":"2016-09-30T19:59:20","slug":"parents-alumni-demand-gay-vice-principal-be-reinstated-at-catholic-high-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/2013\/12\/parents-alumni-demand-gay-vice-principal-be-reinstated-at-catholic-high-school\/","title":{"rendered":"Parents, alumni demand gay vice principal be reinstated at Catholic high school"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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The story from last week<\/a><\/strong> is taking on a life of its own.<\/p>\n

Details from ABC News:<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Alumni, students and parents from a Seattle Catholic school are fighting to have a revered vice principal reinstated, after school officials discovered his marriage to another man.<\/p>\n

Supporters of Mark Zmuda vowed to pull funds from Eastside Catholic High School, after the school sent out a letter announcing he had resigned and calling his marriage a violation of his contract, which requires a strict adherence to a Catholic code.<\/p>\n

\u201cShame on you!\u201d wrote a passionate alumnus on the Eastside Catholic High School Alumni Facebook page in response to the school\u2019s letter.<\/p>\n

\u201cNot only is this type of homophobic behavior completely antiquated, it sets a horrible example for all students present and past of tolerance and acceptance,\u201d Jessica Lesser from the class of 1994 wrote. \u201cOur own pope has a very different message for our Church: \u2018If someone is gay and seeks the Lord with good will, who am I to judge?\u2019 \u2013 Pope Francis.\u201d<\/p>\n

Florence Colburn, whose son \u2014 who she called \u201cpolitically astute\u201d \u2014 instigated the school-wide rally protesting Zmuda\u2019s dismissal, has retracted contributions to the school and says her daughter, a sophomore, is questioning whether she wants to enroll there next year.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have been at the school for seven years, and by far [Mark] is the best administrator that I\u2019ve ever seen there,\u201d Colburn told ABC News. \u201cAs a mentor, and a coach, and a colleague, and a human being, there\u2019s not a better person. I think that\u2019s why uproar was so fast and furious. There\u2019s nothing anyone can reproach this man.\u201d<\/p>\n

Colburn says many of the families have chosen to enroll their kids in the 600-student Catholic high school for the academics, not necessarily for the religious education.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy question now is what if there\u2019s a teacher in our school or any Catholic school that\u2019s been divorced, should we fire them?\u201d Colburn said. \u201cShould we fire teachers that take the pill? We can go down the list of the rules of Catholic teaching.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Read more.\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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