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Stepping back in time 20 years, a court ruled in favor of California Lutheran High School in Riverside County after two female students were expelled for having "a bond of intimacy ... characteristic of a lesbian relationship." According to reports, the girls sued the school claiming they had violated some sort of state anti-discrimination law. But not so, said a three-judge panel of the 4th District Court of Appeal. The private religious institution was deemed "not a business," so they were above the state law that prohibits businesses from discriminating based on sexual orientation. Which, as a private entity, they are. Alas.
The school's principal, however, seemed downright titillated by the sapphic affair.
In addition to their discrimination claim, the girls complained that the school invaded their privacy and detained them unlawfully. The girls complained the principal sat "very close" to them and asked them if they were bisexual, if they had kissed each other, and whether they had done anything "inappropriate," the court said.Mary Roe said, "He got very close to me and he said, 'Have you ever touched [Jane Doe] in . . . any inappropriate ways? And he looked me up and down when he asked that."
According to the school's site, California Lutheran High School provides dormitory housing "for up to 36 students, 18 males in the male wing and 18 females in the female wing." So, you know, we're sure this was isolated incident.
The two girls maintain their love for each other was strictly platonic.
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As has been said in other places, private institutions can do whatever they want, which I agree with, but it doesn't reflect well on what your institution stands for, does it?
And the good thing about letting organizations make their own rules is it makes it easier to see which ones are bat-shit crazy. I too thought Lutherans were the moderate, reasonable religious group. Now I know better. Thanks!
Lutherans: all of the guilt, none of the incense.
i don't agree with what they did, but i'd fight to the death for their right to do it!!!
i'm sure it's the school's loss.
Two key words: private and religious. So long as this school isn't using public facilities or public dollars, they should be free to choose who or who not to allow in attendance at their school. So, who cares?
I AM surprised at the Lutherans, however. I was always under the impression that they were more tolerant than this.
yes. there are plenty of other schools that do similar things. black, women, boys schools all exist.
Yep. Remember when they tried to let the male of the species into Mills Collitch? It was like a flashback to the 70's, all those hairy legged wimmin's libbers rioting on campus, burning down dormitories, tetas to the wind...
Mills should just open up to men already! It's the only decent liberal arts college in the bay area.
Their Graduate School is open to men.
Wtf? how did this get to the 4th circuit?
It's the 4th District Court of Appeal for the state of California (which includes Riverside County), not to be confused with any of the 12 regional circuits of the U.S. Courts of Appeals.
4th District (state), not 4th Circuit (federal). The 4th Dist. Court of Appeal includes Riverside.
It really should be noted that this is Missouri Synod Lutheran school. That is a conservative type of Lutheran.
The much larger, more liberal Lutheran Church is the ELCA, Evangelical Lutheran Church of America. Which is what most of us think of as "Lutheran".
Does this school get a tax exemption? If so, they should lose it. Private institutions can feel free to be as bigoted as they want, but I should not have to support their bigotry.
I looked them up over there at the IRS. They're not listed as a non-profit and their website makes no claim of 501(c)(3) status. Breathe easy, Bluecanary. They can discriminate all they'd like.