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Saturday, December 28, 2013

How Low Can You Sink?

One of Mark Zmuda's former students conducted a 45-minute interview with him, of which the first minute or so has been released. Here's part of it from the news report:

What's not included here is some of the background:
A few days ago we brought you the news story of Mark Zmuda, a Catholic high school vice principal who was fired for marrying his husband and the backlash from students and faculty that resulted. The school maintained the position that it was a mutually-reached decision that Zmuda end his employment with Eastside Catholic High School, but an interview between Zmuda and a former student reveals otherwise. Caterina Crittenden conducted a 45-minute interview with her former vice principal about his employment and termination, and her family has released the first minute of it online, with the rest to follow in the coming days. In the interview, Zmuda revealed that he broke no contract with the school, that his termination was in no way related to his performance, and that he was given an offer that would never have been given to a straight couple: he could keep his job if he dissolved his marriage.
Sure -- get divorced (which is also against Catholic teaching) and we'll let you keep your job. For an institution that spends so much time nattering about morality, one would think the Church might take a few minutes to learn what it's about.

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