Mass walk-out of students at Catholic school after gay teachers quit

Monday, February 24th, 2020

Hundreds of students staged a mass walk-out of a Catholic school after two gay teachers resigned because of their sexuality.

The teachers from Kennedy Catholic High in Seattle both quit after getting engaged to their same-sex partners. After the news broke to the students, hundreds of them caused havoc by blocking corridors, protesting and staging a mass walk-out.

According to Metro, the teachers resigned “voluntarily”, but one of the individuals said he had been forced out of the school after his engagement in November. Read more

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