New Zealand school sanctioned after firing sports coach for being gay

[davidinalameda]

A New Zealand Christian school has been ordered to pay undisclosed compensation and apologize to a sports coach it fired because he was gay.

Board members of Middleton Grange School in Christchurch — on New Zealand's South Island — will also attend courses on human rights awareness, school principal Richard Vanderpyl said Thursday.

"We're thinking of the impact on him," Vanderpyl said. "We care for him and respect him."

He said he offered to rehire the 28-year-old coach, but the man had already found a new job at another Christchurch school.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38356464/

[xchrom]

1. Recommend

[get the red out]

2. That would never fly here

Because religion trumps human rights on all levels in the US. Our constitution makes sure of that.

It is good to see actual civilization at work though, even though it can't happen in our own country.

[joeybee12]

3. I don't think our Constitution says that....just five POS on the SCOTUS think

it says that.

[sui generis]

5. yep. They're fightin' for our FREEEEDOMS

the freedom to discriminate here in good ole red blooded Amurrika, where we would never even think twice about punishing a so-called "christian" school for exercising its religious right to trump other peoples' civil rights.

I give you the Salvation Army as a shining example.

[dsc]

4. wow bizarre

They hired him to coach girls and then fired him for being gay. I would think in this day and age of teacher/student sex paranoia that his being gay would be a bonus.