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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No.

I went to Catholic school.

I send my non-Catholic kid to Catholic school for the academics (which have been great).

I have another DD who is a lesbian and no she will never attend a Catholic school.  [/quote]

Your not concerned about the non-homosexual kid learning negative things that apply to lesbian DD?[/quote]

I began sending younger child when she was ten years old.  She's already familiar with my world view, which is pragmatic and accepting of gays, accepting of sex, accepting of birth control, etc.  IN short, liberal. She's capable of making her own decisions about what she hears from Catholic school.  And having gone to Catholic school myself (K- 12) , I'm very familiar with the dogma and able to ask her thought-provoking questions about what she hears and what she thinks.  And it's not like they are spending much time in 5th grade talking about homosexuality.  The topic has not been raised at the school in the time she's been there.

I remember being in religion class at my nun-run Catholic HS, where priests did the theology classes.  I'd argue incessantly with the priests, and they'd argue back, but my challenges were always tolerated.  In part, being so educated on the Bible and religion gave me the confidence to reject the way the Church interprets Christ's teachings and made me a liberal.  I feel that the current Pope, despite whatever flaws he may have, has come closer to articulating genuine Christianity than I've heard from the Church before.  See recent statement on the death penalty.  I may be pro-choice personally but I admire the Pope's consistency on the value of ALL lives, not just fetuses.

If my kid  grows up to be a Catholic in the true sense, I'm fine with whatever path she chooses, as long as she is a good person and happy.  Same with my older gay daughter - fine with whoever she turns out to be, too.

Meanwhile the education has been excellent and I'm glad to spend the $8k per year or so, although we are not wealthy.  It's been worth it.  My kid is doing things that the public school appears to have given up on.  [/quote]

[b]I remember being in religion class at my nun-run Catholic HS, where priests did the theology classes.  I'd argue incessantly with the priests, [/b]

And this is why the apostle Paul wrote in 1 Corinthians 14[i] "As in all the churches of the saints, the women should keep silence in the churches. For they are not permitted to speak, but should be subordinate, as even the law says. If there is anything they desire to know, let them ask their husbands at home. "[/i]

This is the kind of woman who soon finds herself divorced, arguing and bickering against authority, refusing to shut her mouth and listen.  Few men can long put up with such a contentious woman who demands everyone change their thinking to agree with her.

When a woman like this pp gets a little education, she thinks she knows it all, says to herself, "Why, the church for 2,000 must be wrong in its teachings concerning homosexuality and morality.In fact, the whole bible must be wrong because I know better."

Arguing with priests?   Really.  The true Christians will never back down nor accept the liberal point of view but will stand on scripture as the final authority, not some argumentative woman.

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Says pp speaking from the 19th century[/quote]

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