Teachers rarely choose education as a means to money.
Generally speaking, they are overworked and under paid. Nevertheless,
teachers sign contracts like everyone else, they make choices as to where they
wish to work. When one chooses to work for a private Catholic school, one
does so under the agreement that their rules will be followed. Families
at St. Peter and Paul Catholic School in Miami, Florida, are disappointed after
the firing of teacher Jocelyn Morffi. Morffi was a 32 year-old teacher
who was well liked by both students and parents. For example, Jocelyn Morffi
was instrumental in setting up a volunteer program at the local homeless
shelter. Parents and students volunteered both time and talent.
While on personal leave from
school, Jocelyn got married to another woman. When the Catholic school
found out about the same sex marriage from social media photos, they terminated
Morffi's employment contract. (Same sex marriage being contrary to Catholicism,
the School felt it had no option other than to terminate Morffi's
employment. Jocelyn
wrote on her social media account: “This weekend I married the love of my
life and unfortunately I was terminated from my job as a result. In their eyes,
I’m not the right kind of Catholic for my choice in partner.”
The law recognizes that Catholic schools have a right to enter contractual agreements consistent with their beliefs. According to the Catholic school board, Morffi violated her contract and thus had to be terminated. Fortunately for Morffi, the public school system has no such rules.
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