Because of the government funding of Catholic schools, the Archdiocese of St Boniface had to fire a principal at Christ the King elementary school. David Hood lost his position for encouraging the students to participate in the 40 Days for Life prayer vigil. One wonders if David Bereit and company could suggest legal help for Mr. Hood.
The school in Manitoba, Canada is 50 percent funded by the government, and therefore is a dependent ward of the state. The funding is forfeited for participating in political activity. The pro-aborts of Canada categorize abortion as politics in order to suppress free speech on the matter. At issue is a claim that student service credit was to be offered for students who participated in the prayer vigil. Hood says that no student received such credit.
Naturally the Canadian Catholic Church, as a ward of the government is not free to teach its students that abortion is wrong, or that it is a thing to be opposed.
Catholic schools in the U.S. are accepting government grants, and to the extent that they receive this money, their activities and teachings are similarly curtailed.
