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Anonymous wrote:Without getting into the whole dogma argument, the answer to the question is that there are LGBTQ+-friendly Catholic schools. As noted, AHC is very supportive, with administration-recognized clubs.

Such a club is not listed on the clubs section of the AHC website.

Yes it is.

What is it called?

I beileve it is the Prism club.

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Anonymous wrote: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.

There are plenty of LGBTQ Catholics.

OP said it is just because the schools are close to her house. Do not pick a school that a community built to support their own beliefs and go in and try to reap the benefits while not holding yourself to their rules. That is so disrespectful.

+1 million. Imagine catholics going to some woke secular school and trying to tell them being gay is bad. They would get shredded to pieces.

..are...are you being serious here? oh boy the lack of awareness in this comment

NP - I guess I share the PP's lack of awareness, because I too think that the OP's attitude is disrespectful toward the Catholic schools. and yes, I am being serious. Tolerance is a two way street.

No, this is the fallacy of tolerance. We do not have to tolerate the intolerant. Given how well-represented the religious group is in the current push to ban and burn books in schools and libraries throughout the nation, the lack of awareness is amazing. No one is being disrespectful. But I suppose it is as they say, though, when one is used to privilege, equality feels like oppression.

This comment made me laugh out loud. Add in a “do better” and a “your privilege is showing” to have the maximum liberal outrage sarcasm effect.

Agree. Hilarious. Oh, and she forgot to tell us that we should be “doing the hard work.”

DP. Asking about treatment of LGBTQ individuals at Catholic schools is not disrespectful of Catholic schools. Catholic schools, if they fulfill their mission, should be teaching kind treatment of everyone. Even *if* you believe being gay is a sin, why would that sin rank higher on some hierarchy for you to the point where you think a gay person should be mistreated? Jesus sat with all kinds of sinners. He said love your neighbor and not only that, he said love your *enemy*. Basically, Jesus advocated being kind to everyone, whether you agree with them or not, whether you believe they are a sinner or not. It's really hard to do, but it's what He calls us to do.

If the last two PPs claim to be Catholic and are actually worried about upholding the teachings of Jesus, you are failing miserably. You are unkind and snarky. For what?

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Anonymous wrote:St. John’s
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The all boys schools are pretty homophobic

Gonzaga is very supportive of LGB. I don't know about the T though. It's been a few years since my son graduated from there, and the T wasn't a thing then.

Yeah, gonzaga parents always want to jump on this and be like hey we’re all liberal because we’re Jesuits but no the boys are homophobic.

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Anonymous wrote:Without getting into the whole dogma argument, the answer to the question is that there are LGBTQ+-friendly Catholic schools. As noted, AHC is very supportive, with administration-recognized clubs.

Such a club is not listed on the clubs section of the AHC website.

Yes it is.

What is it called?

Seton

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Anonymous wrote:Without getting into the whole dogma argument, the answer to the question is that there are LGBTQ+-friendly Catholic schools. As noted, AHC is very supportive, with administration-recognized clubs.

Such a club is not listed on the clubs section of the AHC website.

Yes it is.

They will all be friendly. They won't condone gay sex because they can't, as a Catholic school. Gay marriage won't be talked about, but it also won't be recognized.

At the same time, the top 3 will support Palestine and LGBTQ+, while failing to understand that HAMAS would kill LGTBQ+ people...so at least it makes more sense than that.

Stone Ridge has an LBGT alliance group, it’s called Spectrum, and it’s listed on their website.

Anonymous wrote:Without getting into the whole dogma argument, the answer to the question is that there are LGBTQ+-friendly Catholic schools. As noted, AHC is very supportive, with administration-recognized clubs.

Such a club is not listed on the clubs section of the AHC website.

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Anonymous wrote: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.

There are plenty of LGBTQ Catholics.

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.

This is well said.

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.

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Anonymous wrote:St. John’s
Holy cross
Good counsel

The all boys schools are pretty homophobic

Gonzaga is very supportive of LGB. I don't know about the T though. It's been a few years since my son graduated from there, and the T wasn't a thing then.

Really? Gonzaga is supportive of lesbians? Please tell us all about how that works.

It works this way: Any institution can teach and practice respect for people who aren't in that institution's population. You can teach respect and support about people who don't attend your school. It's not at all hard to understand.

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Anonymous wrote:St. John’s
Holy cross
Good counsel

The all boys schools are pretty homophobic

Gonzaga is very supportive of LGB. I don't know about the T though. It's been a few years since my son graduated from there, and the T wasn't a thing then.

Really? Gonzaga is supportive of lesbians? Please tell us all about how that works.

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Anonymous wrote: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.

There are plenty of LGBTQ Catholics.

OP said it is just because the schools are close to her house. Do not pick a school that a community built to support their own beliefs and go in and try to reap the benefits while not holding yourself to their rules. That is so disrespectful.

+1 million. Imagine catholics going to some woke secular school and trying to tell them being gay is bad. They would get shredded to pieces.

..are...are you being serious here? oh boy the lack of awareness in this comment

NP - I guess I share the PP's lack of awareness, because I too think that the OP's attitude is disrespectful toward the Catholic schools. and yes, I am being serious. Tolerance is a two way street.

No, this is the fallacy of tolerance. We do not have to tolerate the intolerant. Given how well-represented the religious group is in the current push to ban and burn books in schools and libraries throughout the nation, the lack of awareness is amazing. No one is being disrespectful. But I suppose it is as they say, though, when one is used to privilege, equality feels like oppression.

This comment made me laugh out loud. Add in a “do better” and a “your privilege is showing” to have the maximum liberal outrage sarcasm effect.

Agree. Hilarious. Oh, and she forgot to tell us that we should be “doing the hard work.”

Anonymous wrote:St. John’s
Holy cross
Good counsel

The all boys schools are pretty homophobic

Gonzaga is very supportive of LGB. I don't know about the T though. It's been a few years since my son graduated from there, and the T wasn't a thing then.

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Anonymous wrote: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.

There are plenty of LGBTQ Catholics.

OP said it is just because the schools are close to her house. Do not pick a school that a community built to support their own beliefs and go in and try to reap the benefits while not holding yourself to their rules. That is so disrespectful.

+1 million. Imagine catholics going to some woke secular school and trying to tell them being gay is bad. They would get shredded to pieces.

..are...are you being serious here? oh boy the lack of awareness in this comment

NP - I guess I share the PP's lack of awareness, because I too think that the OP's attitude is disrespectful toward the Catholic schools. and yes, I am being serious. Tolerance is a two way street.

No, this is the fallacy of tolerance. We do not have to tolerate the intolerant. Given how well-represented the religious group is in the current push to ban and burn books in schools and libraries throughout the nation, the lack of awareness is amazing. No one is being disrespectful. But I suppose it is as they say, though, when one is used to privilege, equality feels like oppression.

The religious group behind that push is Evangelical Protestants, not Catholics.

People who hate Christianity lump us all together, with no interest in learning. I was educated by nuns with phds who spent their lives in poverty serving the poor, they encouraged us to read everything. It’s more popular to lump us all in as bigots now though