Lesbians say Catholic school barred their child
A lesbian couple says Eugene, Oregon's O'Hara Catholic School refused admission to their 4-year-old daughter because of their sexual orientation.
The couple has complained to the Eugene Human Rights Commission and the Oregon Child Care Division. One of the women, Lee Inkmann, said O'Hara Principal Dianne Bert told her in mid-August that having a family with two mothers at the school would confuse other children, and that gay unions are in conflict with Vatican teachings. O'Hara issued a slightly irrelevant statement that said the school does not discriminate on the basis of "race, color, national and ethnic origin." A spokesman for the Archdiocese of Portland said a number of factors were involved in the decision to refuse the child and noted "The school did not make the nontraditional lifestyle of the parents the issue. The parent did." The Olympian
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