Catholic School Rejection

By Steve Kraske,

Published March 21, 2019 at 4:07 PM CDT

A Catholic parish school in Praire Village, Kansas, opted not to enroll a same-sex couple's child in kindergarten. We examine the reasoning behind the decision made by the Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas and the split among Catholics on the issue.

Tom Roberts, executive editor, National Catholic Reporter
Karen, attended St. Ann school, now in a same-sex relationship with a child in a church school within the Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas
Colleen Simon, engagement coordinator for St. Andrew Episcopal Church. In 2014 was fired from a KCMO Catholic food pantry for her same-sex marriage.

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