Aug 13, 2007Quickie Link: UK Laws Protect Gay School Director From Catholic Church
By vanrozenheim
(UK) - The Archdiocese of Liverpool has been unable to take action against Charles Coyne, the head of St Cecilia's primary school, who has registered a partnership with Richard Jones, who is believed to work at a nearby school. Lawyers advised the Catholic Church that it cannot fire a Catholic headmaster who has entered a civil partnership. Local Catholics and other homophobic campaigners have urged the authorities to take action over the "scandal". One bishop, the Rt Rev John Jukes, said that it was possible for male friends to share a house together without breaching Catholic moral teaching. The UK laws protect Gay employees from firing by homophobic employers.
