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Originally Posted by alansmithee
Where's the problem? The school made the judgement that the student's parent's aren't living in a Christian lifestyle, and expelled the student. Obviously this school has certain standards of behavior that aren't being met by this particular family. Should the school's standards be allowed to be hijacked by a certain groups effective PR campaign?
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I'm not sure I understand this kind of reasoning. I didn't read anywhere where the mothers of the student set out on a campaign to ensure everyone knew they were enrolling their daughter in a Christian school while announcing they were lesbians. In fact, the article states that the biological mother is not going to fight the ruling. How does this qualify as one group's PR campaign?
This became an issue when the school discovered their living situation and expelled the girl. After this occurrence, the parents may have contacted the media, but I would not call this a PR campaign by any group before the fact.
I'm with tecoyah on this. I respect the private school's right to set their admission standards any way they wish - that is, of course, if they are not receiving any federal funds under No Child Left Behind. If they are, then I will vehemently disagree with their right to discriminate.
If we alter the wording of their policies to read, "immoral or inconsistent with a positive Christian life style, such as cohabitating without marriage or in a biracial relationship," does it garner the same amount of support? Before we fly off the handle claiming the issues are entirely separate, I would suggest that they are not as there was a time when biracial relationships were viewed as inconsistent with Christain teachings.
Lest there be any more debate, I also submit this:
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When the U.S. Supreme Court struck down all laws banning interracial marriage in 1967, 16 states prohibited interracial marriage. Disapproval of interracial relationships was long justified as divinely ordained and 1968 public opinion polls indicated that 72% of Americans disapproved of interracial marriages. Another poll in 1991 found that 42% of Americans continued to disapprove of such marriages.
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The entire article can be found
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Certain groups of Christians have long used their faith as justification for bigotry and no amount of scripture quoting or claims of Christian-bashing will change that.