Massachusetts Catholic Bishop Issues Blanket Ban on Bending School Rules for Trans Students

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Worcester Bishop Robert McManus issues blanket ban on bending school rules for trans students and will force them to wear uniform, use bathrooms and play sports based on biological sex

It will force them to wear the correct uniform, use pronouns assigned at birth, enter the appropriate bathrooms and play sports based on their biological sex.

Worcester Bishop Robert McManus approved the policy in June, with it banning students from expressing, celebrating or advocating for 'same-sex attraction in such a way as to cause confusion or distraction'.

It affects 21 schools in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Worcester, which has more than 5,260 students. It will come in to effect in the coming academic year.

The policy, announced on August 15, has drawn criticism from several state lawmakers but has been praised by the Catholic Action League of Massachusetts.

They will be required to use their names and pronouns assigned at birth and use the bathrooms, showers and changing facilities based on their biological sex which will be reflected on all school documents.

This will also be consistent for sports, school-sponsored dances and uniform policies.

A Catholic Bishop taking steps to combat the TRANS FAD and keep the Catholic school children safe from the LGBTQ Trans indoctrination propaganda. This is nice to see. Hopefully it will serve as a model for other Catholic Bishops and the schools under their care. In the past there was a school that refused to follow the Bishops guidelines. They got political and flew the LGBTQ Pride flag and had a Black Lives Matter sign in front of the school and refused to take them down. They were punished by having the Catholic affiliation dropped and they were barred from practicing the sacraments - which is a very big deal in Catholicism.

coming at this from a roman catholic 70s perspective and from an culture obbessed with sex appropriate uniforms (england) we had sex seperated playgrounds/lessons but if boys wanted to play in the girls playground then they could but only if they wore the approprate uniform, equally that was reversed for girls and boys ball sports.

the difference was not putting transexuals, transvestites and various fetishes in the same pot as they do now..

eventually the transexuals always put some distance between themselves and the others hence as a group they got witness like protection from their previous lives which is the right it seems being demanded today, and as we see this protection is being abused by sex offenders to mask their past and their convictions, in effect doing the thing the rc church did when it moved the pedo priests around.

so perhaps being experts on this that is the thing they are trying to stop.. as it all feels like another rc scandal in the offing, indded on a global scale it looks even worse..

It takes great courage for the Bishop to do what he did.

Liberals and Democrats in California demand that early elementary school children be asked if they ARE another gender than that they were born with and do this in many of their schools, as do many Dem run school districts. They do this at a time when children can't decide if they want to be a ballerina or a surgeon and change their minds frequently as to what life choices they will make. They do this to young teenage girls, removing breasts during puberty when raging hormones lead to psychological instability.

It is dangerous to stand up to the totalitarians who demand everyone celebrate PRIDE and support and encourage the LGBTQP+ lifestyle. It is clear through their actions that liberals are intent on forcing all people into not only accepting but openly encouraging of every sexual choice anyone makes at any time.

It is dangerous to stand up to people who want to ask children if they are not the gender they were born with and who demand children begin life changing medications that sometimes cause sterility, and have permanent life altering surgeries.

Standing up to the liberals leads to the totalitarians demanding your employer fire you, people social media hound you and internet stalk you until your life is totally destroyed.

I applaud the Bishop and his courage.

FYI: I don't give a rats behind if and adult chooses to mutilate themselves or take drugs they don't need for purely medical reasons. I don't give a rats behind about adult choices in sex as long as they only do it with other fully consenting adults. I don't care who adults choose to love and then have fully consensual sex with. Adults, especially over 25 can decide for themselves when brains are fully mature. At that point it is none of my business AND I DEMAND they don't make it my business and keep their sex lives private like mature adults should.

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I will never stop fighting this woke agenda and their agenda push. Applaud for this Bishop and for protecting his school values and the kids innocence (as much as is even possible anymore nowadays)

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Yeah, no soap by some other religious.

In their letter to McManus, the two religious said the schools would not adopt the bishop’s guidance but would instead continue to follow “established practices.”

“We feel confident that our schools are responding to the issues raised in your memo in a manner that respects the dignity of all persons, aligns to the mission and charism of our sponsoring orders, and protects and affirms our identity as Catholic schools,” the letter said.

“We support our respective boards’ recent determination to uphold their established practices, guided by the principles of our Church and religious orders, instead of incorporating the [new policies] into their handbooks,” the letter said.

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originally posted by: The2Billies
It takes great courage for the Bishop to do what he did.

TRUE! Hopefully what he did will be a model for other bishops to step up and follow. HOPE!

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Finally, some good news! I was wondering when someone/anyone from the Catholic Church was going to stand up to this Evil.

A current Worcester mayoral candidate described the policy as relying on “outdated, hate-filled rhetoric” and called it a step backwards for LGBTQ Catholics. David Palmieri, a longtime Catholic educator and contributing writer at Outreach, criticized the guidelines as distorting the words and ministry of Pope Francis.

“It is misleading and disingenuous to use [the pope’s] words in an effort that is so evidently inconsistent with the tenderness of his ‘field hospital’ ministry,” Palmieri wrote in an email. “What does it say about our church when people are actively hurt by our leaders, who quote canon law but not Jesus Christ?”

Kevin C. Molloy, the associate director of campus ministry at Fairfield University and a graduate of Worcester’s College of the Holy Cross, told Outreach he hopes Bishop Robert J. McManus will rescind the policy. “Simply declaring you are taking a pastoral approach while belittling, dismissing and negating the lived reality and dignity of students is an abdication of the call to understanding and pastoral care,” wrote Molloy in an email. “The policy betrays its own intention by carving out its assumed, though misguided, right to discriminate against queer and trans students.”

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"Sets misleading and belittling policy on LGBTQ students"...this is for all LGBTQ students no matter their inclination.

If only the Protestant churches would now stand up & do the same. Unfortunately they no longer have much/ any influence in the schools which are associated with them through historical connections, because everyone went & got far too damn liberal here in the UK. Any religious persons who stand up to this blatantly Satanic agenda deserve to be applauded & supported fully. I wish there were more authoritative leaders - such as Archbishops or popular Evangelical leaders - standing up against the vile TRANS ideology being infiltrated into the lives of young children, both here & in the USA.

originally posted by: KTemplar
I was wondering when someone/anyone from the Catholic Church was going to stand up to this Evil.

One bishop taking a stand.
It would be nice if others would follow suit.