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Students walk out of classes to protest Catholic high school allegedly forcing two gay teachers to resign
February 18, 2020
Students voluntarily attending religious high school protest against religious values
A gay proposal at Disneyland has led to teacher resignations and angry student protests at a Catholic high school near Seattle, Washington.
English teacher Paul Danforth and his partner Sean Nyberg got engaged at Disneyland in November, and Danforth resigned soon after from Kennedy Catholic High School in Burien, Washington.
Soccer coach Michelle Beattie also got engaged to her same-sex partner and resigned.
The school says that they both voluntarily resigned, but Nyberg claims otherwise.
Nyberg said that Danforth was "no longer employed specifically because he and I got engaged," according to a statement he gave to CBS News.
"This is not only personally painful, it also harms former students who looked up to them," he added.
Students who are supportive of the gay teachers staged a sit-in and walked out in protest on Tuesday.
Another protest was planned against the Archdiocese of Seattle, which had not yet commented on the matter.
Family Policy Institute of Washington executive director Mark Miloscia defended the school.
"Especially what we believe is a constitutional right to hire the teachers and employees to go teach their children the beliefs and practices that are dear to their faith," Miloscia said.
Both of the gay teachers have hired an attorney, but CBS News noted that it was unclear what legal action they could take against the school or the archdiocese.
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Carlos Garcia is a staff writer for Blaze News.
Carlos Garcia
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Carlos Garcia is a staff writer for Blaze News. You can reach him at cgarcia@blazemedia.com.
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