The archbishop of San Francisco, Salvitore Cordileone, recently introduced new rules for the area’s Roman Catholic schools known as “morality clauses.” The rules set regulations against homosexuality, contraceptives, abortion, and artificial insemination.
These “clauses” were proposed in the new employee handbook, which instigated protests from both students, and teachers, including a petition issued by the San Francisco Board of Supervisors.
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According to SFGate, City Supervisor Mark Farrell spoke on the dispute:
“These actions really conflict with the values of San Francisco.”
“In San Francisco, we stand up for everyone. We stand up for our LGBT community and honor and embrace those who do the same.”
Farrell, a practicing Catholic, claimed that the “clauses” create “a culture of fear that has no place in our schools right now.”
He added that city officials are considering legal action to prevent Cordileone’s discriminatory measures from going into effect.
At Sacred Heart Cathedral, 126 teachers and staff signed the petition; at Serra High School, 87 teachers and staff signed; at Riordan 74; and at Marin Catholic, more than 68 personnel also put their names to the document.
Despite significant pressure from teachers, students, and board members, the archbishop will take steps to explain instead of dissolve his newly proposed rules, according to CBS San Francisco.
Tuesday night, the archdiocese released a statement in response to the recent outcry:
“The Archbishop has not repealed anything,”
“The committee is to expand some areas of the material to be included in the faculty handbook, and clarify other areas by adding material. Nothing already planned to go in is being removed or retracted or withdrawn.”
The San Francisco Chronicle reported that Cordileone is dropping his recent effort to designate teachers as ministers, which would have eliminated them from government-mandated employee protections by placing them solely under church control.
Several assembly members have made their intentions to investigate the working conditions of the high schools in question known.
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