Skutt Controversy

http://www.ketv.com/news/online-petition-seeks-to-keep-skutt-catholic-speech-coach/32237826

      This article describes the recent controversy surrounding Skutt Catholic's decision not to renew a teacher's contract because he told them about his gay relationship. A petition was started by an assistant speech coach to get Skutt to renew his contract.

      Honestly, I'm pretty disappointed by Omaha and Skutt Catholic's stance on this. I like to think of Omaha as a progressive, welcoming community. However, whenever something like this comes up, it is very evident that it is not entirely this way. Catholics generally promote love and acceptance, but sometimes it doesn't really seem this way, especially when it comes to gay people and whether or not they should be able to marry.

      As a Catholic, I think gay people should be able to marry, at least legally, because the government should be completely separate from religion in any way. But, the thing is, this petition is pretty much pointless. Skutt is a private school, which means that it can refuse to renew a person's contract for any reason they see fit. The government can't really interfere because they are a separate entity from the government. While the petition raises awareness to the issue here in Omaha, I don't think that the petition will do a whole lot for him and his career at Skutt Catholic.