Students protest after Catholic high school won’t hire a gay teacher ‘engaged’ to another man
English: Saint Gerard's Roman Catholic Church School, Buffalo NY (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) ES MOINES, IA, April 9, 2015 – At one time, critics bashed Catholic schools for firing teachers who openly violated Christian teachings. Now, students and alumni are criticizing one parochial high school in Iowa for refusing to hire a teacher who flagrantly violates the Roman Catholic Church's moral standards on homosexuality. More than 100 students staged a walk out at Dowling Catholic High School in Des Moine, Iowa, yesterday to protest the school's decision not to offer a substitute teacher a full-time job after discovering the applicant – Tyler McCubbin – was “engaged” to another male. "The Catholic faith is central to our mission, and in order to deliver on that mission it is our expectation that staff and teachers support our moral beliefs," the superintendent, Luvern Gubbels, Ed.D., wrote in a letter to parents, which did not identify McCubbin by name.