Should homosexuals be allowed to teach in Catholic schools?

[Eriny]

It is an abomination that there are bigoted individuals that choose to discriminate on irrelevant factors. However, what is more of an abomination is if we become arrogant and coerce them without giving them the freedom of choice to do what they would like with their own private property and contracts (their land, their school and their staff). We ought to persuade schools that discrimination is bad and unnecessary, but we should not force schools to adopt our views. We live in a society where freedom of speech is integral to a democratic society, not because a Big Brother regulates society to be democratic.

That's fine, I believe in the power of freedom of speech to rid discrimination myself (although I think there needs to be a much greater number of media outlets for that to actually work as well as it could). My point though is that it takes a lot of time for a society to be dissolved of intolerance, and by that time minorities could potentially be further disempowered. It works better when minorities are protected until the sum of their opportunities is equal to someone with the same qualifications who isn't a minority. It doesn't make sense that someone who is born white, male and straight is privileged merely for being born that way.

[Collin Li]

I don't know what your contention is any more, but we'll agree to disagree (if we do).

If there are to be public schools though, I wholeheartedly agree with you that it is up to the public to decide their policy, and that should be one of tolerance.

[Odette]

Christianity does not forbid same sex intimate relationships. Catholicism is against same sex marriage (not sure about other religions under Christianity) not against the actual relationship - well, that's my understanding of it.

Um just to point something out... they do forbid same sex intimate relationships. What's accepted is how they feel, but when they act on those feelings (by that i mean relationships, sex, marriage,etc) that is what Christianity is against...

Huh... I thought Christianity was against the marriage of homosexuals and them having sex, not their having a relationship. Meh.

Does anyone actually know about all the religious of Christianity and their stances on homosexuality? I'm not exactly sure. I always through Catholicism was one of the most conservative and there were other ones that had more progressive views on homosexuality (including sex and marriage).

our religion teaches us that the main reason for any relationship is to reproduce, so any relationship where it is more for pure enjoyment rather than for the growth of human kind is seen as sinful. Since homosexuals can't have children thats why they fit into this category. Its also why christianity is against things like sex before marriage, infidelities, contraception, ect.

*note: just cause im catholic doesn't mean i actually believe this.

Exactly, even before getting married the priest asks the couple if they intend to reproduce, if the answer is no then they cannot be married in the Church.
Another thing I would say the Orthodox Church is the most conservative Christian denomination.