When the WorldPride celebrations are over, the push to discriminate against gay teachers and kids will continue
That gay and transgender kids kill themselves as a result with appalling frequency does not worry the shame brigade. George Pell stood outside St Patrick’s cathedral in Melbourne one day and declared the risk of gay children killing themselves was “another reason to be discouraging people going in that direction”.
Church schools are both reassuring and baffling when they promise to treat gay pupils will with dignity but insist that the law leave them free to expel those kids at any time they wish. Pastoral care on one hand and, on the other, a threat of humiliation too profound to imagine. Candour is not a KPI of the leaders of these faiths. They don’t admit it’s good for business. They say they need to be able to sack gay teachers and expel gay kids to preserve theWhat a wonderful, lofty word. We are invited to pull back and see the big picture, to admit that churches are capable of wisdom, love and charity.
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