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Gay Catholic school teacher fired days after getting married

People wonder why organized religion and I have parted ways. The story I'm about to report is one of the many reasons for that. Ken Bencomo, 45, had taught at St. Lucy's Priory High School in Glendora, California for 17 years. This was until Bencomo married his partner of 10 years - Christopher Persky, and was fired a few days later. According to the Archdiocese of Los Angeles parish staff handbook, an employee may be suspended or terminated for "behavior counter to the moral teachings and standards of the church." So, according to this, if Bencomo had married two or more women, things would be hunky dory, wouldn't they? Also, as I always say, according to the Bible, aren't we all sinful? So, whether or not one wants to believe homosexuality to be immoral or not is irrelevant. According to this holy book, we're all sinful. Also, no one on this earth wrote anything in the Bible, so we can't be 100% certain of how to interpret the original with the...