Pete Buttigieg’s High School Bans Gay Teachers

The Huffington Post has reported that Pete Buttigieg’s former high school bans teachers who are in same-sex relationships.

The openly gay presidential hopeful attended Catholic Saint Joseph High School in South Bend, Indiana from age 14.

“The Diocese… requires our educators to adhere to Catholic teachings on the respect for the dignity of all persons and on marriage as the union of one man and one woman,” a spokesperson for the school said.

Explaining that same-sex relationships are “incompatible with the mission of the Catholic school educator.”

Although they maintain that it is not discrimination, as celibate gay teachers are allowed to teach at the school.

“It perfectly underscores the very difficult situation of LGBTQ people in our country right now,” said Eliza Byard of LGBT+ charity GLSEN.

“We live in a country where in some states it’s perfectly legal to discriminate against LGBTQ people.

“Religiously based schools like [Buttigieg’s] high school have the legal right to refuse to hire people who are LGBTQ.”

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