A Catholic school in southern California allegedly fired a veteran teacher because he married his same-sex partner.
The San Bernardino County Sun reported Wednesday that 45-year-old Ken Bencomo was fired from his job after teaching at St. Lucy’s Priory High School in Glendora for 17 years.
Bencomo’s attorney told the San Bernardino County Sun the school believed the teacher had “violated church teachings” by marrying his partner after same-sex marriages resumed in California.
Bencomo and his partner Christopher Persky were one of the first same-sex couples to getmarried at the San Bernardino County Assessor-Recorder’s Office after a Supreme Court ruling killed the state’s ban on same-sex marriages. The marriage was featured in the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin on July 1.
Brittany Littleton, a former student of Bencomo, created a petition at Change.orgcalling on the school to give Bencomo his job back.
“As a proud alumni of St. Lucy’s, I am disgusted and heartbroken by this act of prejudice. I believe that Mr. Bencomo deserves to keep his job, and that discrimination against teachers based on their sexual orientation must end,” she wrote.
Littleton told Raw Story that students were shocked to see Bencomo was no longer on their schedules.
“I think many of us would have considered him a friend then and still do now,” she explained. “News of him being fired spread very quickly when students received their schedules and his name was not on them. I was completely shocked and sickened. I didn’t want to believe it was true, but when I verified that it was I knew we had to act.”
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correction, he was not fired for being gay, homosexual orientation isn't a sin but a depravity like conscupicience, homosexual acts of sexual nature are considered grave sins and gay marriage is considered an imposibility because marriage by definitioon is between a man and a woman.
He wasn't fired for being gay(possesing a sexual orientation), he was fired for his supposed marriage which is against catholic teaching. It will be imposible to claim to bring kids up in a catholic way when their teachers are publicly living contrary.

Ubenedictus: correction, he was not fired for being gay, homosexual orientation isn't a sin but a depravity like conscupicience, homosexual acts of sexual nature are considered grave sins and gay marriage is considered an imposibility because marriage by definitioon is between a man and a woman.
He wasn't fired for being gay(possesing a sexual orientation), he was fired for his supposed marriage which is against catholic teaching. It will be imposible to claim to bring kids up in a catholic way when their teachers are publicly living contrary.

Did you read d post well at all?

Hopcy: Did you read d post well at all?

what is the difference btw what he said and what was written in d post.
He worked in the school for seventeen yrs and was fired only when he married a man friend. that means if he had continued to fear God and married a female, he wont have been fired. so ubenedictus was not wrong but you.

the op should modify the topic and say:
catholic school sacks teacher for homosexual union in carlifonia

lacum: what is the difference btw what he said and what was written in d post.
He worked in the school for seventeen yrs and was fired only when he married a man friend. that means if he had continued to fear God and married a female, he wont have been fired. so ubenedictus was not wrong but you.

thanks

lacum: what is the difference btw what he said and what was written in d post.
He worked in the school for seventeen yrs and was fired only when he married a man friend. that means if he had continued to fear God and married a female, he wont have been fired. so ubenedictus was not wrong but you.

You people are missing the point as usual.

Gay marriage is legal in California, so the union is valid no matter what the school says. The issue here is does an employer have the right to impose his religious beliefs on employees? Think very carefully before you answer. Should your muslim oga be allowed to sack you for eating pork, or not going to mosque on Fridays?

Religious people are far too willing to trample on the rights of others. That's the hypocrisy of religious people who somehow still believe that they are the victims of persecution when in reality they are the persecutors.

Evil Brain:

You people are missing the point as usual.

Gay marriage is legal in California, so the union is valid no matter what the school says. The issue here is does an employer have the right to impose his religious beliefs on employees? Think very carefully before you answer. Should your muslim oga be allowed to sack you for eating pork, or not going to mosque on Fridays?

Religious people are far too willing to trample on the rights of others. That's the hypocrisy of religious people who somehow still believe that they are the victims of persecution when in reality they are the persecutors.

he has the right to marry who he wishes by law. The school has the right to proscribe the example they want to teach the students and the right to hire and fire. Afterall it is a religious school.

Ubenedictus: he has the right to marry who he wishes by law. The school has the right to proscribe the example they want to teach the students and the right to hire and fire. Afterall it is a religious school.

The day a catholic gets sacked for doing something perfectly legal that his employer opposes for religious reasons; you'll be singing a different tune. You are basically arguing in favour of religious discrimination in the workplace and you don't even know it. I guess you are incapable of thinking objectively without your religious sentiments clouding your judgement.

Let me paraphrase Noam Chomsky: If you don't believe in equal rights for people you despise, then you don't believe in equal rights at all.

Evil Brain:

The day a catholic gets sacked for doing something perfectly legal that his employer opposes for religious reasons; you'll be singing a different tune. You are basically arguing in favour of religious discrimination in the workplace and you don't even know it. I guess you are incapable of thinking objectively without your religious sentiments clouding your judgement.

Let me paraphrase Noam Chomsky: If you don't believe in equal rights for people you despise, then you don't believe in equal rights at all.

my dear, i would personally advocate equal right in my company and i believe the school would do the same, but in a religious school a pregnant unmarried lady will be fire the same for gay marriage.

Ubenedictus: my dear, i would personally advocate equal right in my company and i believe the school would do the same, but in a religious school a pregnant unmarried lady will be fire the same for gay marriage.

Tranlation: My dear, I would personally advocate equal rights in my company and I believe the school would do the same, but in a religious school people who don't align with my narrow minded religious views should have no rights. Please ignore the first half of the previous sentence; I only said that to avoid looking like a fanatic and a bigot, which is exactly what I am.
- Ubenedictus

Evil Brain:

The day a catholic gets sacked for doing something perfectly legal that his employer opposes for religious reasons; you'll be singing a different tune. You are basically arguing in favour of religious discrimination in the workplace and you don't even know it. I guess you are incapable of thinking objectively without your religious sentiments clouding your judgement.

Let me paraphrase Noam Chomsky: If you don't believe in equal rights for people you despise, then you don't believe in equal rights at all.

Ergo, atheist foundations in the US, who don't believe in the right to oppose gays, or 'discriminate' against them given one's morals, or have public prayer or mentions of God or the Christian faith especially, or rename Christmas to make it secular etc don't believe in equal rights they claim is behind theur actions. As usual, I expect this simple reasoning to be twisted, why not, if your ilk doesn't believe atheism is a belief. SMH.

thanks for twisting my words and playing the i don't understand card. Have a nice day.

Uyi Iredia:

Ergo, atheist foundations in the US, who don't believe in the right to oppose gays, or 'discriminate' against them given one's morals, or have public prayer or mentions of God or the Christian faith especially, or rename Christmas to make it secular etc don't believe in equal rights they claim is behind theur actions. As usual, I expect this simple reasoning to be twisted, why not, if your ilk doesn't believe atheism is a belief. SMH.

Atheists foundations in the US don't oppose public prayer or the mention of God. They oppose the use of public institutions and public money to promote religion in violation of the US constitution. Everybody is free to practice their religion as they see fit as long as they don't violate the law or use public money to do it. Its mostly Christians that have secularized and commercialized Christmas, not atheists. And I don't see any atheist police forcing people to call it "Xmas" so I don't see how we're renamed it. You're still free to call it whatever you want.

Also, you seem to think people should have the right to discriminate against others based on their "morals". Please explain this. If your oyimbo boss told you mixing of races was against his morals (a very common sentiment 50 years ago) and sacked you from your job because of it, you'd think that was okay?