tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1015949969530867456.post4958214722316064482..comments2024-01-09T15:49:37.273-05:00Comments on THE TENTH CRUSADE: National Catholic Register SurprisesTTChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08738875888053745269noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1015949969530867456.post-43681094338586770602010-05-19T10:47:58.123-04:002010-05-19T10:47:58.123-04:00The heavyweights at Catholic News Agency and EWTN ...The heavyweights at Catholic News Agency and EWTN also weigh in:<br /><br />Catholic schools have 'right' to protect best interests of children, asserts author <br /><br />Boston, Mass., May 19, 2010 / http://angelqueen.org/forum/search.php?search_id=613303516&start=50 - As controversy swirls around the Archdiocese of Boston's decision to undermine a pastor who denied enrollment in a Catholic elementary school to a lesbian couple's child, Dale O'Leary, a noted Catholic author and international lecturer, is defending the Catholic Church's right to protect what she calls “the best interests of all the children.” <br /><br />In an article provided to CNA, O'Leary argues that the Catholic Church cannot and will not [or rather, must not] compromise on Church teachings or “hide the truth.” Because of this, she notes, an awkward and potentially harmful situation for same-sex couples seeking admission for their children in Catholic schools may emerge. <br /><br />“What is in the best interest of the children of same-sex couples and the other children?” O'Leary asks. “If they accept the children in the school, the children will either be alienated from their parents on whom they rely or alienated from God who would be seen as condemning their parents’ choices.” <br /><br />“While older children might be able to understand and even appreciate the Church’s teaching, younger children certainly will not,” she added. “To them it will just seem mean. It will put the teachers in an untenable position and confuse the children’s classmates.” <br /><br />“Therefore,” she argues, “it is reasonable for Catholic elementary schools to explain to same-sex couples that this is not the place for their children.”Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com