Employment Issues Archives - Page 44 of 57

Church Worker Dispute Unites Community, Prompts Students to Come Out

April 10, 2015/8 Comments/in Employment Issues, Schools & Youth /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

Though church officials' attacks on LGBT church workers continue, faith communities are increasingly resisting such discrimination being perpetuated in their name. Here are the details of one such community, Dowling Catholic High School in Des Moines. Read More

Two Gay Teachers Fired from Midwest Catholic Schools

April 8, 2015/11 Comments/in Employment Issues, Schools & Youth /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

News that gay educators in Iowa and Nebraska were fired from the Catholic schools where they had been teaching broke yesterday, prompting swift outcry from local communities. Read More

Federal Commission Rules Gay Teacher's Firing Was Likely Discrimination

April 6, 2015/2 Comments/in Employment Issues, Schools & Youth /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

On this Easter Monday, Bondings 2.0 offers two positive updates regarding church workers and incidents of anti-LGBT discrimination. Read More

On Religious Liberty and LGBT Rights, Catholics Must Pursue Third Way

March 30, 2015/9 Comments/in Employment Issues, Politics & Human Rights /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

Legislative developments in Indiana and other states, as well as the District of Columbia, are seemingly pitting LGBT rights against religious liberty. This binary is, however, quite false and Catholics must pursue a third way which upholds justice for all people while respecting real religious liberty. Read More

Challenging the Basis for Catholicism's Sexual Ethics

March 20, 2015/4 Comments/in Employment Issues, Theology & Church Teaching /by Francis DeBernardo, Editor

A University of Notre Dame philosophy professor has challenged the reasoning that church officials use... Read More

Large Majority of S.F. Teachers Publicly Reject Archbishop Cordileone's Handbook Changes

March 5, 2015/10 Comments/in Employment Issues, Hierarchy, Schools & Youth /by Francis DeBernardo, Editor

80% of the teachers and staff at four Archdiocese of San Francisco Catholic high schools... Read More

Students' Resistance to Archbishop Cordileone Exemplifies Best of Catholic Education

February 24, 2015/4 Comments/in Employment Issues, Hierarchy, Schools & Youth /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

Bay Area Catholics and their allies are demanding justice after the Archdiocese of San Francisco's announcement of new morality clauses in teaching contracts last month that prohibit, among other items, public support of LGBT people. The following are several developments with Bondings 2.0's original coverage of the new clause available here. Read More

Catholic Justice Voices Decry New Morality Directives for High School Teachers

February 7, 2015/9 Comments/in Employment Issues, Hierarchy, Schools & Youth /by Francis DeBernardo, Editor

The San Francisco Archdiocese’s revised moral conduct code for its high school teachers has been... Read More

While Oakland Diocese Relaxes Teacher Contract, San Francisco Tightens Theirs

February 5, 2015/7 Comments/in Employment Issues, Hierarchy, Schools & Youth /by Francis DeBernardo, Editor

Two dioceses on either side of the San Francisco Bay have taken different approaches to... Read More

Catholic Schools Inspire Resistance to Injustices Against Church Workers

January 29, 2015/3 Comments/in Employment Issues, Schools & Youth /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

This week is National Catholic Schools Week, a celebration of the church's educational efforts in the US. There is much to be celebrated, but it is also an opportune moment to discuss the firing of LGBT and ally church workers. Last year, Bondings 2.0 reflected on fair employment practices in Catholic schools during this week. Since then more than twenty church workers have lost their jobs in LGBT-related disputes. Read More