The story about the Catholic school in the Diocese of Denver not allowing the children of a Lesbian couple to attend has certainly taken off in the media and of course raise a lot of protest from the homosexual community.<\/p>\n
I certainly agree with Archbishop Charles J. Chaput who calls it a “painful situation.” \u00a0Even when an action is taken correctly for the right reasons it does not prevent the suffering of those involved. \u00a0As Archbishop Chaput also said:<\/p>\n
\u201cIf parents don\u2019t respect the beliefs of the Church, or live in a manner that openly rejects those beliefs, then partnering with those parents becomes very difficult, if not impossible.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
There is a comparable situation when it comes to the baptism of children. \u00a0For example in Canon law:<\/p>\n
Canon 868. For the licit baptism of an infant it is necessary that: \u00a0… (2) there be a founded hope that the infant will be brought up in the Catholic religion; if such a hope is altogether lacking, the baptism is to be put off according to the prescriptions of particular law and the parents are to be informed of the reason.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
While education is different from baptism there is some commonality and it is rather difficult in this sad situation that the children will receive the proper reinforcement of what the Church teaches generally and their living situation specifically denies part of what the Church teaches. \u00a0There is also of course the scandal caused by such a situation that attempts to normalize a same-sex relationship as being equal to heterosexual marriage. \u00a0It is very sad that the children are caught in the middle of this, but the same-sex couple raising them put them in this situation in the first place. Whether or not they understood what the policy was or the fact the the school would be actually faithful to Archdiocese policy is something we \u00a0don’t know.<\/p>\n