Texas School Rejects 4-Year-Old Daughter Of Lesbian Couple
From Care2
By Judy Molland
An Anglican school in Bedford, Texas, has denied admission to the 4-year-old daughter of a lesbian couple who wanted to enroll the girl in preschool.
In a statement, the dean of St.Vincent’s Cathedral School in the Dallas suburb said the school is standing on its principles in “matters of marriage and sex outside of marriage” by rejecting 4-year-old Olivia Harrison. The school said its decision was based on what is considered best for all students and “in conformity with scripture and our own church’s doctrinal standards.”
Jill and Tracy Harrison were married in Canada in 2006. When Jill filled out admission forms to enroll their daughter, Olivia, into the Anglican school, she wrote her name next to the word “mother” on the forms. She crossed out “father” and wrote in “mother” next to Tracy’s name as well.
School officials said they assumed Tracy was a man. But after the couple attended parents’ night, Olivia was denied admission.
Parents’ Reactions
In a swift response, Olivia’s mother, Jill Harrison, announced that this was “fine with her.” Tracy Harrison said she and her partner thought St. Vincent’s could give little Olivia a good education and impact “the basic Bible teachings…follow the Golden Rule, the Ten Commandments, be kind to your neighbor.” She added “The God that I know and the God that I love will love me and love my children no matter what.”
Un-Christianity
As someone who was raised in the Christian church, (my father was a Church of England minister), I can absolutely affirm that the behavior of St. Vincent’s Cathedral School is not Christian. Steve Williams wrote here a few weeks ago about novelist Anne Rice’s decision to quit the established Christian church because of how the religion is increasingly being used to push an agenda that is anti-gay, anti-feminist and anti-science. This school seems to fit right in here.
Schism within the Episcopal Church
A bit of background here: the Episcopal Church is facing a split, with some dioceses accepting of gays and lesbians, and some not. In fact, the Episcopal Church selected openly gay Gene Robinson to be a bishop in 2003. The Church of England also accepts gays and lesbians into the church, and actively works against the fear, discrimination, or condemnation of homosexuals.
However, St. Vincent’s is part of a conservative movement that broke away from the U.S. Episcopal Church in 2008, in part over their positions on gay and lesbian rights. Kenneth Monk, head of the school, put it this way, “We are a church affiliated with the Anglican Church in North America, and it is their policy that we don’t provide services to individuals or families that do not behave properly.”
The Last Word
In response, Tracy Harrison stated, “I am horribly disappointed. In fact, we are in the 21st century and we are still dealing with this issue. We should just move on.” She continued, “It’s hard to believe that a place that’s supposed to take in and teach children about God and the basics of religion would actually discriminate against her because of who we are.”
Her moms have already enrolled Olivia in a secular school where same-sex parents are okay.
Our Compass 
Before a lesbian/gay couple adopts they need to consider that might happen. I do not agree with these adoptions. Life is made for man and woman thats why they have kids. Get a dog and leave the kids to man woman marriage relationships. I don’t know if it screws them up and not all agree with it and kids might get picked on. They should of thought about that before. Now they can home school the girl and find other couples with kids in the same situation. I am all for people have their own lives lead it the way they want and have had bi guy friends but they were into guys and not wanting kids. It is not right, that is not the ways of nature for humans.
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“He who is without sin may cast the first stone”. Now, where did I hear this?
To the best of my knowledge, no human has ever lived an entire life without sin. So, I f one thinks it is sinful to love and marry another of the same sex, then it is their sin to work out directly with God.
Why penalize the child for what another human may decide it the sin of his parent?
Love is a beautiful thing between ANY two adults, and it is not our right to judge another. That is the job of God, and who are we to think God needs our help? I believe that is what judgement day is for, or have a missed the point.
The gay and lesbian people I have crossed paths with are mostly very caring and loving.
I am straight, happily married, with two lovely children. But I believe it is none of my business to demand this of another human being.
What a child needs most in his home is to feel the love of his parents. Statistics shows that the sex choice of children of gay or lesbian couples are not affected by the orientation of the parents. Nor have they have been found to be less happy….
We are all born with some estrogen and some testosterone, which can vary tremendously from person to person. Some are even born with both male and female genitals. It is the degree of balance between the hormones that will determine to which sex we are attracted.
If God loves all his children, and wants us to love our neighbor like ourselves, then why do some people feel they know better than God?
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Those of you can start with all that biblical so called stuff. But God is just spirit and we live in reality and reality is that we are made to be with the opposite sex that the only way kids are born if you ever have gone to school and known that. People can do what they want with each other but leave the kids alone and stop adopting them out to same sex parents. There surely will be flack from classmates cause not all believe it should be that way. Let all live their lives as they want but leave the kids alone and stop exploiting the gay or lesbian thing, keep it to yourselves and private. WE have enough issues in this world to deal with not you too.
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