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First this teacher loses his partner, then gets fired. Life sucks sometimes for so many.
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Louisiana teacher fired for being gayafter parent found his husbands obituary.
Was music teacher for 20 yearsuntil parent dug up a 2 year old death notice & turned him in.
Fired for "actively engaging in homosexual activity"a written clause in contract signed 20 years ago.
Mark Richards says he was told, "Just keep it out of the public and you'll be okay."
"Its just a stab in the back," he said. Its just a sad reality that this is the world we live in today."
St. Francis Xavier Catholic School is located in New Orleans, Louisiana.
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Gimpyknee
(1,025 posts)sinkingfeeling
(57,245 posts)Bernardo de La Paz
(60,320 posts)Wounded Bear
(63,857 posts)Prof. Toru Tanaka
(2,903 posts)FFS, dont people have anything better to do? I guess this parent feels so powerful now that they have completely ruined someones life.
We are supposed to be celebrating our nations independence today and I normally hang my flag out on the porch. But as long as our country has a cruel tyrant in charge who does nothing but whip up hatred and cause chaos, our flag is staying indoors rolled up.
Renew Deal
(84,709 posts)Seems like an invasion of privacy and a waste of time and money.
dsc
(53,323 posts)May well have been funeral home website
Renew Deal
(84,709 posts)But I dont know why anyone does any public notice no matter what you want to call it. A headstone makes sense as far as public notices go. But nothing on the internet or newspapers.
RandomNumbers
(19,070 posts)that was a bumper sticker I saw in a head shop long ago, back when head shops were a thing.
For some reason the phrase is popping into my head more and more often these days.
Celerity
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NoMoreRepugs
(11,808 posts)Johonny
(25,502 posts)For over hundred years. They have nothing good to offer society. Nothing.
Ohioboy
(3,876 posts)The guy taught for decades! He must have been doing something right. The only way anyone found out was from an obituary?
JohnnyRingo
(20,514 posts)Somebody tell me there are legal avenues they can take.
Religious schools can do that even as they take gay people's money by point of a gun
defacto7
(14,160 posts)on religious freedom grounds. They can hire and fire based on their beliefs.
Heidi
(58,846 posts)now that Trump and his cult have succeeded in taking taxpayer-funded bullying of the vulnerable to a whole new level. Does anyone believe the MAGA cult will stop with undocumented immigrants? Theyve been proudly telling us who they are for nearly a decade and passage of Dear Leaders big, bloated budget reconciliation bill will further embolden the cult to act out of hate with little or no fear of repercussions.
BradBo
(932 posts)blubunyip
(267 posts)tried to get a job as a music teacher? Not a huge demand.
After this, nobody with sense WOULD even apply to work in such a horrible place -- but after 20 years they kick him out?
MineralMan
(150,650 posts)They can pretty much do as they please, unfortunately.
Iris
(16,847 posts)Not this shit