Rainbow Sash Movement calls on the Diocese of Orange, California to Save Innocent Children of Gay Parents from fundamentalist Zealots. 

A story is unfolding in the Diocese of Orange, in California. Catholic fundamentalists are accusing the Diocese of Orange County of violating church doctrine. A group of parents at St. John the Baptist School in Costa Mesa, California are upset that the school has enrolled two boys in kindergarten whose parents are gay men; they want the school to expel the students. We applaud the school's overseer, Rev. Martin Benzoni, who said he will accept the children to the school, telling the LA Times, "I firmly believe that this policy is in line with the teaching of the Catholic Church." 

Joe Murray the US Convener of the Rainbow Sash Movement said “on a prudential level, it makes no sense to single out kids for retribution whose parents are gay. Unfortunately, the concept of Gay Parents has never entered the radar scope of the Catholic Hierarchy in a serious way. I am encouraged that Bishop Tod Brown of the Diocese of Orange will not bend to demand of these Catholic Zealots.” 

Murray further said “what should be done about kids who were born out-of-wedlock? What about those kids of divorced and remarried people, or single parents? Should we expel kids whose parents are cohabiting? This is a slippery slop, and I am confident the Fr. Martin Benzoni understands this, as does Bishop Brown.  

We are saddened that fundamentalist Catholics would use innocent children to push their anti Gay agenda. The School officials of St. John Baptist are rightfully championing the rights of Gay Parents to send their children to Catholic Schools. Some Catholic Bishops have found the back bone to speak out against this radical fundamentalist nonsense in the Catholic Church, and Bishop Brown joins those voices of reason within the Catholic Church. 

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