The Catholic Answer to Gay Marriage: Divorce
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Jan. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Sister Mary Tracy faced a crisis notof faith but of doctrine: The president of Eastside Catholicmiddle and high school near Seattle found herself last month inthe awkward position of asking an employee to disobey oneCatholic teaching to fulfill another.
The employee in question, Mark Zmuda, was the school’spopular vice principal and swim coach. Last summer, half a yearafter same-sex marriage became legal in Washington state, hemarried his boyfriend. Because gay marriage violates Catholicdoctrine, last month he was fired (the school says he resigned).Just before the firing, however, Sister Mary offered acompromise, according to Zmuda: He could keep his job if he gota divorce.