This is ridiculous. If you don’t believe in the values the school has, don’t go there.

CREATURE – “Prom Prom”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAO_PhbY5YM&feature=youtu.be

Why do so many people feel they need to control what other people do and think? You don’t feel empathy for the girl, you insert your own morals, desires, and possibly even guilt and doubts into the story.

I am glad St. Anthony’s can do this… Not because I have anything against gay people (I really don’t), but because it should have a right to set it’s own policies.

IT’s not the governments job to make sure everyone loves each other.

Likewise, If gay people want to set up a gay and lesbian only school, they should be allowed…. period.

I am also a proud former St. Anthony’s student from the 2006 graduating class, and no, my feelings about the article have nothing to do with my being an alumnus.

(A) St. Anthony’s is doing ABSOLUTELY nothing wrong. The girl should have known from the start that bringing another girl to the prom would be totally out of the question. I mean, DUH you go to a CATHOLIC school. And if you can’t take this, good luck with the real world.

(B) Of course due to the religious affiliation, students are instilled with Catholic teachings all four years they attend. Part of THOSE teachings, is the sacrament of marriage, whose definition is black and white. I agree with Brother Gary; condoning a same-sex couple at prom would go against these teachings.

(C) The student body, and even staff members at St. Anthony’s ARE accepting of others sexual orientations. However, when that acceptance begins to impede on sacred teachings of the Church, there must be a line drawn. Anyone who is at all religious, to whatever faith, will agree that any religious institution MUST follow and uphold their respective teachings. If they didn’t, what would they be? The word Catholic would no longer have meaning; it would just be a word.

The bottom line here is that St. Anthony’s is just standing by the teachings of the Church. THEY ARE A CATHOLIC INSTITUTION FOR CRYING OUT LOUD! It IS NOT a matter of “discrimination,” it’s a matter of St. Anthony’s just doing right by the very same ideas and philosophies they teach in Theology classes every, single, day.

St. Anthony’s is a wonderful school, whose teachers and staff are committed to providing a top-notch education. And that’s exactly what you will get here. If I hadn’t had Mrs. G for Global, I would never have learned how to properly outline… or Ms. Fabs for English? Forget it, I would STILL not know how to write a GOOD college level paper, or understand that everything in a piece of literature means something–like the color of Stanley’s clothes in the opening scene of A Streetcar Named Desire, or how Mary’s hair progressively got more disheveled in Long Day’s Journey into Night. More importantly, St. Anthony’s helped me cultivate a strong relationship with God, a relationship I will have to the grave. The fact that this article was even published is just astounding to me. Why would a Catholic institution put aside ancient, holy teachings, in order to please those few students who may want to bring a same-sex date? Oh that’s right, they wouldn’t. AS THEY SHOULDN’T.

the German pope who in 2009 UNexcommunicated Bishop Williamson. He was kicked out of the English church for denying the holocaust.

The same church now known as the Godfather of Pedophilia.

http://www.catholicarrogance.org

http://www.philadelphiadistrictattorney.com/images/Grand_Jury_Report.pdf (re molestation)

http://www.nobeliefs.com/nazis.htm

God save the kids who go there to get a traditional catholic education.

which is apt to turn them into bigots and haters.

We dont need any maddrassas – Islamic or catholic.

Really? Then why allow them in at all? Why not bar the student who may “inappropriately indicate that they are homosexual?” Brother Gary says under those circumstances, he wouldn’t deny them admission. So it’s not very “end of story,” is it?

Oh. Right. Homosexuality is BAD. Well. Except when handing over tuition. Then it’s OK. But other than that, BAD.

I think the school does a lot of things really right. It holds itself to a high academic standard first and foremost, and pushes its students to also excel in athletics and other extra curricular activities. I always felt like it was a good place, that was concerned with providing its student with a strong moral compass before entering into college and ultimately the real world.

My frustration with this story is that it is news at all. St. Anthony’s is a Catholic high school and is therefore bound by the laws of the Church. Do I agree with it? No. I believe the Catholic Church really needs to embrace the concept of love, not the man-made institution of marriage.

All that being said, this is an issue that will not be resolved by slinging some mud at a prominent Catholic high school. St. Anthony’s is bound to respect the views of the Church, and that is where this issue should be fought. If anyone is shocked that a Catholic high school would not allow a same-sex couple to prom, that in itself is kind of shocking.