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Catholic School Administrator Fired For Supporting Gay Marriage




By ALYSSA NEWCOMB (@alyssanewcomb)
Feb. 13, 2013

An Ohio Catholic school administrator who was fired for supporting gay marriage on his personal blog says his faith is unshaken and he has no regrets for taking a stance on the issue.

"My point was I wish I had time to care who married each other but I don't," Mike Moroski, 34, told ABCNews.com.

On Monday, the 12-year teaching veteran was fired from his job as dean of student life at Purcell Marian High School in Cincinnati for "public postings" that "directly contradict well-known teachings of the Catholic Church," according to a letter sent from the Archdiocese of Cincinnati to students and parents.

Church officials said they would not comment on personnel issues but did provide ABCNews.com with the letter.

Moroski, who is married to a woman, said he posted a quote on Facebook from President Obama's inauguration speech supporting marriage equality. It sparked a public discussion with a friend who had an opposing view.

"My friend -- part of the reason I love him so much -- is we have extremely different views on a lot of things, even if we're both Catholic," he said.

When Moroski started a personal blog in late January, he used the discussion as an inspiration for a post titled "Choose Your Battles."

"I unabashedly believe that gay people SHOULD be allowed to marry. Ethically, morally and legally I believe this," Moroski wrote on Jan. 27. "Gay marriage is NOT something of which to be afraid."

The principal of Purcell Marian was made aware of the post of Jan. 31, and soon, Moroski said, word made its way to the archdiocese.

He said he was given an ultimatum.

"They said, 'You take it down, recant your statements and agree to publicly not disparage the archdiocese,'" he said.

In order to keep his job, Moroski would also have to create an "action plan" for himself detailing how he planned to live with morality, he said.

"I really, really believe in my conscience and the morals I've developed in my lifetime in the Catholic Church," he said. "I knew from the get-go I wasn't going to take [the post] down."

On Monday he received a phone call telling him he was terminated.

"I definitely never thought I would lose my job over something like this," Moroski said. "I have experienced God more in the past week than my entire life. I feel like I'm on the right track."

Moroski said he isn't sure what's in store for him next, but he said he already misses his students.

"Because of the stance I'm taking, I can't be with them, but I hope they know I'm doing it to reinforce what I've taught for 12 years," he said. "Be kind to everyone."

Very sad that he would get fired over something like that.

GOOD!

Figure he's entitled to his "opinion".




But yeah I agree with Shale.

I think it's despicable that anybody could consider this news "good". I actually think this is very very sad indeed! I love how conservatives are very quick to bring up the "freedom of speech" defense whenever some douchebag gets reprimanded or fired for making disparaging AGAINST gays, blacks, muslims or women, but as soon as someone expresses SUPPORT of one of those things and gets fired because of it, freedom of speech is suddenly no longer a consideration. The hypocrisy of the social conservative never ceases to amaze me.

CeCe wrote:

Figure he's entitled to his "opinion".




But yeah I agree with Shale.

Sad but unsurprising. History will reward him for standing up for what was right. Another school will snap him up and he will be an asset there.

Morally and ethically, I'm on this teachers side. Legally, though, this Catholic-based private institution is within its rights to impose sanctions on its employees who publicly contradict their tenets. I hope he expected this fallout and was prepared for it. He may want to consider his next teaching position in a more public, and secular, environment.

That's fucked up, but oh well. He works at a private, Catholic school. It's should be expected.