Catholic school boots student with gay parents

A Catholic school in Colorado is kicking out a preschooler because the child’s parents are lesbians.

The child also will not be allowed to re-enroll next year at Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic School. The Denver Archdiocese posted a statement last week saying the parents are “living in open discord with Catholic teaching.”

The statement says students in Catholic schools are expected to have parents who abide by church and school policies. The archdiocese said students with gay parents in Catholic schools would become confused.

“To allow children in these circumstances to continue in our school would be a cause of confusion for the student in that what they are being taught in school conflicts with what they experience in the home,” the statement read.

DeMelo said the gay parents in this case became known “through the normal admissions process.” But she did not explain why the child was enrolled in the first place if the parents’ orientation was known.