Fox News host Bill O'Reilly came to the defense of a child who was barred from re-enrolling at the Sacred Heart of Jesus School in Boulder, Colo., because the child's parents are lesbians.

Talking to Fox contributor and Catholic priest Father Jonathan Morris, O'Reilly said that he found the school refusing to readmit a current preschooler for kindergarten next fall because the child's parents are lesbians was "a bit harsh, and I don't know if Jesus would have made the same call. Kids have no power over who their parents are."

Morris said the issue was about the church being able to enforce its beliefs.

"But I'm going to submit to you that heterosexual couples — because we're all sinners — what if it's a divorced couple, and the person remarries outside of the church," O'Reilly said. "Are you going to expel those kids?"  He added that there could also be instances of kids whose parents run into legal troubles or are living together out of wedlock.

Morris countered that it was the decision of the parents to send their child to a Catholic school and that it then becomes their job to teach the Catholic faith.

Watch the exchange below: