Obama’s crude and offensive invite for Pope Francis: a Catholic schoolteacher fired over her gay ‘marriage’
The
lesbian teacherfired from a Philadelphia-area Catholic school after complaints over her homosexual
“marriage” has been invited to the White House to attend the welcoming ceremony
for Pope Francis.
Homosexual activist organization Human Rights Campaign (HRC)
verified Monday that it had gotten tickets from the White House for Margie
Winters and her homosexual partner Andrea Vettori for the event. The Wednesday
ceremony is not open to the public.
The women,
who were already planning to attend papal events in Washington D.C. and the
World Meeting of Families, were reportedly “giddy” about the news of their
invitation. "Obviously
we won't be talking to the pope, but we will be in the vicinity," Winters
said of the White House event. "But symbolically, it's a great step
forward."
A report
surfaced late last week that the Vatican had taken offense to a White House list of controversial invitees.
An unnamed
Vatican official reportedly expressed concern that the photo opportunities with
members of the group that publicly violate Church teaching, a pro-abortion
activist nun, an openly homosexual Episcopal bishop, and gay activist
Catholics, would be used by the Obama administration to indicate Pope Francis
approved of their actions.
Winters
had been informed in June she would not have her contract as Director of Religious Education renewed at Waldron Mercy Academy in
Merion Station, eight years after entering into a homosexual “marriage” with
Vettori.
The school
administration apparently
knew about the women’s relationship, as Winters said she was told by the former
principal at the time of her “marriage” she could disclose it to the faculty
but should keep it from students and parents.
After
recent complaints to the school and the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, she
refused a request to resign and was dismissed, spawning backlash from some
parents, students, and alumni.
Those
opposed to the decision blamed the archdiocese for Winters’ removal, however
the archdiocese said Waldron Mercy is a private school not under its purview
and has maintained Winters’ firing was a personnel decision made at the school
level.
Philadelphia
Archbishop Charles Chaput issued a statement in July commending Waldron Mercy and
its sponsor, the Religious Sisters of Mercy, for upholding Catholic identity.
Also in
July, Vettori wrote a letter to Pope Francis, lamenting the
women’s situation and asking for a meeting.
