Do gays have the right to force religious-based schools to hire men in male marriages in direct violation of their faith and their belief in gender integration in marriage?

Catholic school sued 

to hire man in gay marriage

Kelly Bartlett

On July 9, 2013 Matthew Barrett accepted a food service job offered by Fontbonne Academy, a Catholic girls prep school in Milton, Massachusetts. When he filled out their standard employment paperwork, he listed Ed Suplee as his emergency contact and under “relationship” he wrote “husband.”

Within three days, the school rescinded their job offer due to his male marriage. The Boston Globe reported: “She [school administrator] said the Catholic religion doesn’t recognize same-sex marriage, and that was her excuse. She said, ‘We cannot hire you.’ ”

Six months later Matthew Barrett registered a complaint against the school for rescinding the job offer, claiming he was discriminated against because he was “gay.” Barrett’s complaint form states: “I learned that Fontbonne would no longer hire me because I am gay and married to a man…I believe that I was terminated, in violation of Massachusetts law, because I am gay.”

Redefining marriage means redefining religion

Gay and Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) are representing Barrett. Regarding marriage, GLAD promotes segregating people by gender and by sexual orientation. GLAD argued:

“Religiously affiliated entities do not have a free pass to do as they please in how they treat employees, particularly when it comes to our important laws against discrimination,” said Bennett Klein, GLAD Senior Attorney. “Our laws carefully balance the important values of religious liberty and non-discrimination. When Fontbonne Academy fired Matt from a job that has nothing to do with religion, they came down on the wrong side of the law.”

The Catholic Church calls all people to holiness, whether they are teaching religion, history, or providing meals. Since they are role models for youth, employees' behavior matters very much, not just to school administrators, but also to the students themselves and their parents. A job at a Catholic school has everything to do with religion.

However, gay rights advocates such as GLAD work to limit religious liberty to an hour of worship on Sunday, as if faith were unrelated to actions during the rest of the week. Through complaints and lawsuits, they seek to rewrite the religious faith of others. Because they believe in male marriage, they want to force others to believe in it also.

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