Posted: Feb. 17, 2015
Would Pope Francis prevent Catholic school teachers from having honest and compassionate conversations with their students?
The right-wing archbishop of San Francisco has launched a witch hunt against teachers who won't swear allegiance to his narrow view of church doctrine. He's adding a new section to the employee manual that requires them to "arrange and conduct their lives so as not to visibly contradict, undermine or deny" church teaching, and then specifically focuses on homosexuality, abortion, and contraception.
If he gets his way, teachers at archdiocesan schools could be fired for posting pictures of their son or daughter's wedding to a same-sex partner on Facebook, or sharing kind words with a bullied student.
Local students and parents are already bravely challenging the new policy, so now we need to show that Christians nationwide want the archdiocese to live up to Pope Francis's vision for the church and drop this ridiculous new policy.
Sign the petition:
Love thy neighbor.