Tex. School Denies Child of Gay Moms
BY Advocate.com Editors
August 21 2010 11:45 AM ET
The daughter of a lesbian couple, married legally in Canada, was denied admission by a private school outside of Dallas.
FoxNews.com reports that Jill and Tracy Harrison attempted to enroll their daughter Olivia at Bedford's St. Vincent's Episcopal School in Bedford. Upon going through Olivia's application, school officials assumed Tracy was a man, but after the women attended parents' night, Olivia was denied admission.
The school released a statement claiming the women's "personal values" were in conflict with that of the school. The letter made a point to only reference Olivia's biological mother: “We regret the disappointment the mother feels. It is clear, however, that enrolling the child in a traditional Christian school, such as St. Vincent’s School, would not foster her own personal values at home. And it might undermine the moral instruction of our clergy and teachers in the minds of our schools students and parents. Our prayers are with Olivia and her mother."
The Harrisons said they chose St. Vincent's because of recommendations and the school's low student to teacher ratio.
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