Catholic high school: Archdiocese 'does not permit' same-sex wedding announcement
BY JOEL CONNELLY, SEATTLEPI.COM STAFF
Updated 6:43 am, Friday, February 5, 2016
Bishop Blanchet High School in Seattle has refused to run an announcement in its alumni magazine for the same-sex marriage of an alumna who once served as student body vice president and homecoming queen.
In response to the submission by the 1997 graduate, the school sent her a letter saying, in part, "... the archdiocese does not permit this type of information to be published in our Catholic school magazine."
The reaction has been a much-circulated Facebook post by James Nau, who was student body president in Blanchet's class of 1997 and homecoming king.
In an open letter to the Archdiocese of Seattle, Nau quoted St. Paul's first letter to the Corinthians -- "if one part is honored, every part rejoices with it" and wrote:
"The policy which prohibits the public acknowledgment of (the) marriage stands behind a faith that you no doubt believe is right, but it does so at the cost of what is greater: Love.
"When there is an opportunity to rejoice in love that exists among the members of your community, you have chosen instead to shut them out, and on this issue Pope Francis has warned, 'a church with closed doors betrays herself and her mission.'"
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