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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't understand why you people who don't actually believe in Catholicism keep wanting to send your kids to Catholic schools. There are plenty of liberal privates out there. Pick any of them and leave the Catholic schools to people who actually want a space where they can be Catholics. [/quote]

There are plenty of LGBTQ Catholics.[/quote]

That doesn't mean that catholic schools are going to have clubs centered around a sexuality or support same-sex couples at the prom.  Expecting to be treated with respect is one thing, expecting to be celebrated is another.[/quote]

This is well said. [/quote]
This. My openly gay child was ...fine at Gonzaga. (He came out as gay to himself and others AFTER some time at GZA.) No one was ever mean or outright homophobic to him. No one chastised him. He had plenty of people rooting for him. But at the end of the day, the Catholic Church and its affiliated institutions just do NOT recognize and accept same sex relations as they do opposite sex. Period. If DS...I don't know, wanted to get married at  St. Al's...he wouldn't be able to. If he wanted to become President or Principal of the school someday, he'd have to hide that part of himself. The school wouldn't put pictures of him and his (male) date on their social media channels like they would a straight couple. (coed) Private high schools seem to eat it up if alumni marry each other, but I doubt if he married a Gonzaga classmate you'd see much of it. The school has all kinds of assemblies for Black history month and racial equity, etc...you're not going to see that for marriage equality or acceptance of same sex relationships. There's no Gay-Straight Alliance type club. And so on and so forth.

I guess it all depends on what you're looking for. Respect and tolerance? Sure, I think you can get that at most of the DMV area Catholic high schools. But it's still within the confines of Catholic teaching. So long as Catholic schools are teaching Catholic teaching (imagine that!) will schools truly and authentically accept and celebrate LGBTQ folks? If that is important to you, I cannot understand why you would look at a Catholic school. [/quote]

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