Ummm..hindi ako masyadong makapag-monitor ng blogs at e-groups ko ngayon kasi maraming errands na inaasikaso. Bukod sa fully functional na ang community website ng aking paaralan na pinapasukan (http://jeffersonjuniorhighschool.blog-city.com) na ako rin ang inatasan ng aking prinsipal na mamuno ng committee, darating na mamaya ang aking mother-in-law galing sa Pilipinas. Di ba dapat paghandaan yan? *wink*
Pero habang ako'y nagche-check ng yahoo emails ko kanina, nagulat ako sa nakita kong balita sa Yahoo News: "School Expels Girl for Having Gay Parents". Ito ang pagbubukas ng balita:
ONTARIO, Calif. - A 14-year-old student was expelled from a Christian school because her parents are lesbians, the school's superintendent said in a letter.
"Your family does not meet the policies of admission," Superintendent Leonard Stob wrote to Tina Clark, the girl's biological mother.
Clark and her partner have been together 22 years and have two other daughters, ages 9 and 19.
Hindi ko malaman kung ano ang iisipin ko. Ano sa tingin ninyo, tama ba ang ganito na parusahan ang estudyante sa isang bagay na wala naman siyang kinalaman? At mali ba talaga ang ginawa ng kanyang mga magulang?
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13 comments:
waaah..this is so sad. mahirap talagang baguhin ang isang heterosexualized na society. ;aganap na nga ang ganitong mga homosexual relations pero hanggang ngayon hindi pa rin mabukas-bukas ang isipan ng nakararami sa atin. nakakalungkot lang...
kawawa naman 'yung bata... at saka hindi dapat maging rason ang pagiging gay ng mga magulang para ma-expel ang sino man.
sad, very sad...:(
Hi Sol. Sa tingin ko hindi naman siguro dapat madamay and bata sa mga pagkukulang or pagkakaiba ng mga magulang. Ito lang siguro and masasabi ko.
I'm not surprised. Naka-enrolled sa isang Christian school ang subject. Family status is a requirement as stated. This is not about discrimination or violating the subject's civil rights. It's all about following the rules and policies of the school. They can't or should not complain. Marami namang secular schools na pwedeng puntahan. To put it in a different context, a boy can't go to an exclusive all-girls-school just because it is his right to do so. As a Christian school they have the right to impose such a policy. This also happened in Cebu long time ago. The son of my friend was not accepted in a Catholic school because she and her husband were separated.
STELLAR, your first time to visit and comment here? I hope this won't be the last *wink* You're always welcome to share your thoughts with us here in my little cyberclassroom. Tungkol sa comment mo, kay kasabihan nga: "it's hard to teach an old dog new tricks"...
BABYPINK, Unang reaksyon ko, naawa rin ako sa bata, wala naman syang kinalaman sa mga pangyayari, di sya ang kailangan ma-embarrass dahil nailagay pa sa news bukod sa siguradong alam na yan ng buong school.
MAJOR TOM, I agree to that.
JOHN CLARK, yep, it's about rules. I just don't understand why some people are really stubborn and find it thrilling to break some major school rules; or the reason behind could be because they wanted more structured education for their children?...it is their kids who suffer in the end and that is the sad part.
hmmm...me hawig ating post T-Sol, dun nagdedebate na yata about sexuality...
happy weekened po...
hindi ba form ng bigotry yan. Christian school with un-christian acts.
dapat di nadadamay ang mga estudyante dahil lang sa lesbian ang mga magulang. dahil sa california nangyari yan,it seems yung pagiging ultra-conservative ng Governor ang nagiging basis siguro ng decision ng school. nangyayari din yan dito sa Pilipinas kung saan ang mga estudyante na ang mga magulang na di kasal ay di tinatanggap sa mga catholic/christiam schools.
Hard to answer your question. We don't know kasi the full context.
I'm not a "fundamentalist," and I'm not a liberal Christian etiher. On the one hand, it's the right of the school to uphold its policy (homosexuality is not condoned by Christians). On the other hand, it seems so "un-Christian" to expel a child just because her parents are homosexuals (so unfair for the girl who was marginzalized by default).
But one thing is sure: the incident was highly traumatizing for the girl, the one and only victim in this scenario.
It could have been prevented had the 'parents' decided not to send her to a Christian school. What were they thinking in the first place?
Hi Ma'am MARISOL,
Actually the issue is the individual or the parents right to choose the school against the school's right to accept the students and the role of the state in regulating the educational institutions. Masasabi ko lang, parang tantamount to discrimination yung action ng school. I recall dito sa Pilipinas may ruling na hindi pwedeng ideny ng access to education ang mga "illegitimate" o yung mga anak out of wedlock. I think parang pareho lang yung sitwasyon.
Anyway, on the part of the school, parang hindi moral yung pagdeny the student sa access to christian based education. Siguro, kaya gusto ng "gay parents" yung anak nila na dun mag-aral dahil naniniwala sila sa christian education. Which is a good sign. maybe magbabago sila pagdating ng araw at magbabalik loob sila. di ba?
I just can't reconcile yung pangyayari dyan sa US na yung "same sex parents" ay pwedeng gawing basis to deny access to christian based education if the same sex marriage is allowed by the state.
Maiba naman tayo,I always wanted to ask you this, nakakalimutan ko lang. Relative mo ba si Dr. Cribe ng Briola Hospital? (I dont know if the hospital still exists sa Daet) Suki kasi nya ang nanay ko nun twing manganganak.. he..he..he.... if you can imagine, anim kaming magkakapatid na siya ang nagsusupervise sa delivery...at lahat yun normal...
God Bless!
This case is interesting indeed.
Religious schools are in essence discriminatory in nature because they only accept those that meet their special and often odd requirements. This is a right that is protected under the law of the land, being a "separate school". You can’t simply get into the school because its excellent academic program appeals to you. You have to be one of them, from head to toe.
Totoo, walang kasalanan ang bata and she doesn’t deserved to be traumatized. Pero sa tinging ko, it would be more tragic for her to be taught things that conflicts and does not fit with what she sees at home lalo na at her tender age. Sabi nga nila, religion is a categorical imperative and is followed, not questioned.
Pretty bad. A kid being punished for ths "sins" of the parents. But then, in my mind that is not a sin at all. I don't see anything wrong with being gay.
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