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‘Dangerous,’ ‘ludicrous’: PA bill would force Catholic schools to employ teachers in gay ‘marriages’

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HARRISBURG, PA, December 17, 2013 – A Pennsylvania lawmaker has proposed a bill that would forbid Catholic schools from enforcing the Catholic church's teachings on homosexuality in parochial schools, a measure its critics are calling “ludicrous” and “dangerous to basic human freedoms.” The bill gained new life after  Holy Ghost Preparatory School in the Philadelphia suburb of Bensalem fired Michael Griffin , who taught French and Italian. Griffin lives in  New Jersey, where a county superior court judge legalized same-sex “marriage”  in September, a decision that stood after Republican Governor  Chris Christie dropped his appeal . After the ruling, Griffin and his homosexual partner contracted a same-sex “marriage.” State Sen. Daylin Leach , D-Montgomery Headmaster and school President Father James McCloskey noted that Griffin's contract “requires all faculty and staff to follow the teachings of the Church as a condition of their employment.” The Catholic Churc

Gay teacher fired by Catholic school after announcing intention to ‘marry’ partner

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PHILADELPHIA, PA , December 9, 2013 – A homosexual teacher has been fired from Holy Ghost Preparatory School for trying to “ marry ” his partner of 12 years. The school's headmaster has  said  the teacher's decision to get a marriage license “contradicts the terms of his teaching contract.”  Michael Griffin, who graduated from Holy Ghost and taught French and Italian, says the school fired him after he sent  an e-mail  telling administrators “he was going to file for a marriage license and would be slightly late to work.”  Michael Griffin Facebook According to a statement from headmaster and school president Father James McCloskey, Griffin's contract “requires all faculty and staff to follow the teachings of the Church as a condition of their employment.” McCloskey says Griffin “acknowledged that he was aware of this provision, yet he said that he intended to go ahead with the ceremony.”  Griffin says he wears a wedding ring to work, and has been in a civi