The Scranton School District recently entered into a lease agreement with the Scranton Diocese stipulating that school activity not violate Church teaching.
Sarah Hofius Hall, writing for the Scranton-based The Times-Tribune, reports that on Monday — March 10, 2014 — members of the Scranton School District school board unanimously voted to approve a $3000/month lease agreement allowing the district to use property owned by the Diocese of Scranton to potentially house elementary school students. Further, a portion of the lease stipulates the school district must refrain from “any activity that violates any teachings or policies which in any way is contrary to the teachings of the Roman Catholic faith and the Diocese of Scranton.”
Taxpayers from the Scranton area — through this lease agreement — are compelled to fund the Diocese of Scranton because their tax monies go to the Scranton school district. Worse yet, the lease agreement gives the Diocese of Scranton veto power not only over classroom content, but also over extra-curricular activities taking place at the school district, content presented at school assemblies, conduct of students, and all school policies; anything deemed “contrary to the teachings of the Roman Catholic faith and the Diocese of Scranton” by Diocese of Scranton officials may not be permitted within the building leased by the Scranton School District and owned by the Diocese of Scranton.
The Scranton School District should not be entering into financial agreements with the Diocese of Scranton. In doing so, the consciences of taxpayers — Christians, Jews, Muslims, people of no faith, and people of diverse religious backgrounds — are violated and children are subject to the whims of the Diocese of Scranton.
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