Oakland Diocese Requiring Educators to Conform to Church Teachings
MOAR RELIGIOUS FREEDUM!
Educators at East Bay Catholic schools must sign a new contract Friday with the Diocese of Oakland pledging to conform to church teachings outside the workplace - leaving some, particularly non-Catholics, wrestling with a professional and moral dilemma.
In contention is an updated clause specifically outlining what teachers of the diocese’s 54 schools do in their personal lives.
“In both the employee’s personal and professional life, the employee is expected to model and promote behavior in conformity with the teaching of the Roman Catholic faith in matters of faith and morals, and to do nothing that tends to bring discredit to the school or to the Diocese of Oakland,” the new contract says.
The previous contract did not delineate between a teacher’s personal and professional life.
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