Catholic school teacher forced out after marrying lesbian partner

Barb Mariani and Tippi McCullough

Barb Mariani and
Tippi McCullough (right).

BY REBECCA KLEIN
Huffington Post Gay Voices

Longtime teacher Tippi McCullough thinks it’s wrong that she was forced to resign from her job at Mount St. Mary Academy in Arkansas, and now she wants an apology.

On Oct. 16, the same day that McCullough married her female partner, Barb Mariani, school administrators told her that she should resign from the Catholic school or face termination. Principal Diane Wolfe reportedly told McCullough she had violated her contract’s “morality clause,” which allows the school to fire employees who stray from Church lifestyle teachings.

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