Cross post from Abortion Gang.
This story is making me rage.
Let's get this out there: as a Christian, I do not believe what this school did was in any way Christian.
For those who don't want to click links: A teacher at the Southland Christian School in St. Cloud, Florida has been fired from her job for getting pregnant three weeks before her marriage.
This women already had five children and her first husband had died. It's not like she'd never had sex before. But that's besides the point.
First off, the school had no right to pry into this teacher's private life like that. Most family members aren't even told dates of conception. But not only did the principal pry into the teacher's life, he then went ahead and told all the other school employees AND the parent's of the teacher's students. Totally, totally inappropriate.
Secondly, I'm pretty sure that firing a woman for having sex with the man she would be marrying in 3 weeks is NOT what Jesus would have done. There's nothing Christian in taking away a person's job, spreading personal information they wish to keep private, and publicly ruining their life over a pregnancy. The correct thing to do would have been to congratulate the teacher on her pregnancy, give her the maternity leave that she asked for, and set up a room for her to pump in when she returned.
As a prochoice activist, there's a third part to this that bothers me. What message is this religious school sending out? That if a person becomes pregnant, they could be fired? What if another employee were to become pregnant out of wedlock? Maybe she would decide to have an unwanted abortion instead of risk losing her job. Now we've got conservative Christian groups, which I'll assume would fall into the category of antichoice, possibly causing women to have unwanted abortions. How in the world can they put themselves in that position? Making a woman choose between her pregnancy and her job is wrong.
This whole situation just baffled and angers me. A Christian school following Old Testament stoning ideas instead of the teaching of Jesus (love, mercy, forgiveness?). A conservative school punishing a woman for deciding to have a baby. A principal sharing private, personal information with people completely unrelated to the situation!
We need to speak up against this. We need to show our support for this woman and her choice, and anyone else in her situation. The school had no right to punish her for becoming pregnant.
(And just encase you weren't mad yet, check out some of the comments on Fox News in support of firing the teacher for her "sexual sin." )
Reflecting on Privilege
10 years ago
Doesn't the bible teach forgiveness or I forgot how to read it? “Judge not, that ye be not judged” (Matthew 7:1)and “Judge not, and ye shall not be judged, condemn not and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven” (Luke 6:37)
ReplyDeleteDid I forget how to read the bible?
That's an absolute shame. This woman is pregnant, soon to be married or not, and should not be treated as if she did something worthy of blame. Sex is a natural human act, and if this woman chose to come forth with her pregnancy, should have been met with joy and congratulations.
ReplyDeletePeople like the principal at that school make me sick. That much hate is toxic.
Kushie,
ReplyDeleteMake sure you are sitting to read this...Don't want you to fall on the floor...I agree with you! There I said it and I mean it...All have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God...No-one is better than someone else...We are all sinners in need of a loving Savior...Thankfully we have one and His name is Jesus!
Remember also, mean people are suffering!
Maybe I'm wanting to know the ending of this story before it's time. But what I would really like to know is: Did she sign a contract? Was this one of the stipulations?
ReplyDeleteAlso, she claims the school humiliated her by telling the parents of the kids that she had "fornicated" (yes, they were wrong!. NONE OF US had ever heard this story before recently. So why is she plastering this story all over the place? Her goal is clearly making a buck off of this story, either by getting money from the school, or by some rag-mag paying her for the story.
Wow. I'm sure none of the Christians who watch and comment on Fox News have EVER sinned before. How wonderful to be perfect. This story is terrible. How can people claim to be Christian and treat others so badly? I thought the whole reason of sending Jesus was so we could all be FORGIVEN for our sins?
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