Catholic students protest at the Archdiocese of Seattle after homosexual teacher is fired

[Redfairen]

A crowd of more than 250 high school students mounted a Friday “snow day” protest at the Archdiocese of Seattle against the diocese’s action in ordering the resignation of an Eastside Catholic High School vice principal who married his same-sex partner.

The students roared at news that a petition calling for reinstatement of “Mr. Z,” Vice Principal Mike Zmuda, circulated via the Change.org website, has garnered more than 15,000 signatures.

Many students then headed for Rainier Beach, where Zmuda was supposed to be coaching the Eastside Catholic swim team on his last workday.  He wasn’t there, but a banner behind the team read:  “WE SWIM FOR ZMUDA.” Several of the swimmers had the same message written on their limbs.

The growing protest also received a boost from Seattle Mayor-elect Ed Murray, who is a practicing Catholic and long-partnered gay.  Murray married husband Michael Shiosaki at St. Mark’s Episcopal Cathedral last summer because the Catholic Church does not recognize what Archbishop J. Peter Sartain calls “same-sex ‘marriage.’”

http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlepolitics/2013/12/20/catholic-students-in-protest-rally-at-archdiocese/

[skepticscott]

1. What a sadly naive bunch

Have they not learned yet that the Catholic Church is not a democracy? That it does not alter its odious policies in responses to cutesy online "petitions" or feel-goody protests? They know that they are bigoted homophobes, and they know how decent people feel about that, but their doctrines, teachings and practices will not change, no matter how much PR bullshit the new pope flings.

[LiberalElite]

2. at least the

students aren't swallowing the RC dogma hook line n' sinker anymore, unlike when I was in Catholic school.