Catholic schools have right to hire, fire homosexuals for mission, says legal expert
Clio Hall, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) Robert George, the McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence at Princeton University and author of Embryo: A Defense of Human Life, recently mounted an interesting defense of Catholic schools ’ right to hire and fire for mission. That right has come into question in recent months, since same-sex marriage was legalized in several states and some teachers and administrators at Catholic schools were fired or asked to resign after their same-sex marriage came to light. The media in reporting these cases has often portrayed the schools in a bad light, students and alumni have created petitions and loudly protested, and questions about the legality of the schools’ decisions have been raised. Writing at the Mirror of Justice blog, George posited a hypothetical case of a Muslim school with a popular vice principal “Mr. Khalil” who rejected the faith’s prohibitions against alcohol, se...