One might question just why it is that a gay couple would want to send their child to a catholic school.
Personally, I am appalled at the state of catholic education today. Having spent 8 years in one and knowing people that teach in them now, it appears to me that most catholic schools today are nothing more than public schools with a religion class tacked on. In this region, the major parental motivator seems to be the athletic programs. In some others, it is the superior academic performance.
In my opinion, the purpose of catholic schools should be to teach youngsters basic knowledge, critical thinking/logic, natural law, history informed by catholic perspective, and the truths of the faith. If this were so, math, science, social studies, even gym class would be fundamentally different than at the public schools. And people diametrically opposed to church teachings would not be attracted to them. Instead the two are indistinguishable except that catholic schools retain the ability to discipline and even expel disruptive students, whereas the public schools no longer have any real disciplinary recourse.
I see two possibilities here.
- The ‘couple’ sees the catholic school as providing a better education than the other options. or, more cynically,
2. They believe/hope that everyone opposed to the normalization of sodomy is merely prejudiced and bigotted and that exposure to a real life person with homosexual parents will aid the cause of making the next generation consider homosexuality as normal and acceptable. Any homosexual who can read knows that the Catholic Church will be the biggest obstacle to total public acceptance. Could not some be looking for ways to undermine her?
Perhaps I’m too cynical. But from watching the behavior of the “10 Percent Society” in college, I’d put nothing past some kinds of activists.
Either way, if the school is authentically catholic (Lord have mercy), there is no reason to exclude the child, just to beware the motives of the parent. After all, we are talking about kindergarten here, folks.