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Kate Drumgoole (right) with her wife Jaclyn Vanore |
In April Drumgoole sued the archdiocese whose lawyers tried to get the case dismissed. Over the summer a superior court judge ruled that the case could proceed. In November the archdiocese's lawyers appealed that decision to the state's court of appeals. The motion to dismiss was denied (sustaining the lower court ruling) last Friday.
As a matter of public policy the generally accepted religious exemption applies to ministers. No doubt the archdiocese will claim that Drumgoole was employed in some sort of concocted ministerial capacity. They will also claim that she accepted the terms of employment to live and promote a Catholic lifestyle. However one cannot waive rights afforded to them under law and Drumgoole's lawyers will probably be able to find other employees; people who have had divorces and abortions who were not canned.
Gay people, you see, have special rights to be dismissed for simply being who they are. For years the Church shielded abusive priests from prosecution. Rather than firing those sick jerks the Church shuffled them around from region to region where they continued to inflict damage on kids. Yet one high school guidance counselor, who is hurting no one, gets the ax for being gay. All the love and compassion that they vocalize — regurgitate — about gay people is just hate. It is plain for all to see. Shame on those prelates and priests who have so abused Ms. Drumgoole.
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