Parents who send their children to Catholic schools need to understand this. They cannot pretend that Heather has two Mommies or that it is good for Gloria to go to Gay Pride rallies. Teachers in a Catholic school cannot promote “diversity” in family styles. Given the limited number of children available for adoption, children should not be placed in homes with two parents of the same sex. When two women decide to conceive a child by artificial insemination donor, they are purposefully creating a tragedy. When they do, the adults involved must cope as best they can, but no one should purposefully make a tragedy.

Tragedies happen – death, divorce, desertion, single parenthood.

A fatherless family is not equal to a father/mother family. Separation from one or both parents is always perceived by the child as a loss. Two mommies or no mommy is not God’s plan.Įvery child has a biological father and mother. Failure to do this carries terrible consequence for the child’s faith and sense of security and for society. Every biological father has from the moment his child is conceived the awesome responsibility of being an image of God the father. Jesus is our brother, and therefore the Blessed Mother is our mother. God is our Father in Heaven, not a generic parent. The concept of father and mother is central to Catholic theology. The teachers cannot water down the Church’s teachings because there are children in the class that come from broken homes or live in homes with two ‘mommies” or two “daddies.”. What should they do when parents, who are openly living contrary to the Church’s specific teachings on marriage and sexuality, want their children admitted? The teachers cannot - must not - compromise Catholic moral teachings, that is the very reason for their school’s existence, but in doing so they realize that they will be teaching the children that some of their parents’ choices are wrong. Today Catholic schools, and Catholic elementary schools in particular, face a difficult problem. After you’ve read it, please take action. It’s perhaps one of the most important pieces you can read on this topic, along with what Archbishop Chaput has written, so please share it widely. Cardinal Sean O’Malley described Dale in an August 2008 blog post about a Courage event as “always so good.” This piece is reprinted here with the permission of the author. Hot off the presses, this piece was recently written byĭale O’Leary, an internationally known lecturer and author of The Gender Agenda and One Man, One Woman: A Catholic’s Guide to Defending Marriage.

One Man, One Woman by Dale O'Leary