and grew out of the Catholic charismatic movement rooted in Pentecostalism that began in the late 1960s. It emphasizes a personal relationship with Jesus and can include baptism in the Holy Spirit, speaking in tongues and prophecy, according to former members, experts who have studied the movement, and its own publications. Most members are Roman Catholic.More than half of the people AP interviewed were involved with Trinity or People of Praise within the last decade.
In addition to the written policies, school administrators made clear verbally they did not want to admit children of gay families, multiple people told the AP. A faculty employment agreement in place for the 2014-15 school year, obtained by the AP, states that “Blatant sexual immorality has no place in the culture of Trinity Schools.”
Several former students of varying ages who attend all three Trinity schools separately described being taught a vivid reading from Dante’s “Inferno” that depicts the eternal suffering of Sodomites condemned to hell for their sins. Four of them said teachers made clear the passage referred to gay men who were rightly suffering in hell. Some more recent graduates of the Minnesota school, however, said their teacher did not dwell on the passage.
During her confirmation hearing last week, Barrett also framed sexuality as a “preference.” That wording is rejected by LGBTQ advocates because it suggests sexual orientation is a choice. Turpin-King recalled that during 9th grade one of her teachers told the class that all gay people go to hell. Another Trinity graduate, who spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because his parents are still in People of Praise and his sexuality remains a sensitive topic for them, was forced to undergo conversion therapy after Trinity administrators learned he was gay at age 16. He also recounted being counseled by a senior People of Praise leader that same-sex attraction was “changeable” with treatment and prayer.
Connolly said that account of what happened was “not accurate,” though he declined to provide details “out of respect for all parties involved.”
That’s strange I thought private companies could have their own rules
Benito35ddDavis that’s why she was appointed
Benito35ddDavis I’m sure the GOP considers that a plus. 🤢🤬🤢🤬🤢🤬🤢🤬
JoyTaylorTalks Good Biblical Principles
MittRomney look at who you said yes too!! Shameful
JoyTaylorTalks Why would you offer a teaching job to someone who doesn’t hold to your beliefs? I worship Jesus. I don’t expect a Muslim school to hire me or to accept my children into their school.
JoyTaylorTalks Good for Barrett very good.
😒🤢
This woman is gross
Atheist and nihilist are religious zealots for zealots sake. Atheism and nihlism are a religion geniuses. Not christian, but a religion nonetheless. Rejecting god does not absolve you from religious impulse. I have a right to NOT be gay as much as you have the right to be gay
RobynLAWoman Is AP really arguing for disqualifying for appointment to the U.S. Supreme Court every individual who ever sat on the board of a Catholic or Muslim or Jewish religious private school and upheld that school's fundamental understanding of Biblical or Quranic or Torah principles ?
reedNews3LV She is So Wrong for this position
BillyCrystal religious ideologues do NOT belong on the Supreme Court !!!! even if I was brought up Catholic
rexthetvterrier ImpeachAmy
Did you notice the word...Christian Duh! We are separated from state and can act on our beliefs. Why are you so focused on forcing EVERYONE (even when it’s against their beliefs and their choice) to accept men having anal and oral sex with men and women...
ndcoonen I pretend to be shocked that she would be apart of something like this, but I'm not. Also, whatever happened to keeping church and state separate? Religion is playing too much into politics
Keep bashing Christians. Good luck with Hispanic vote
ben_tweet Supreme Court Justice Barrett- had a nice ring to it. Flows smoothly- I like it!
If it was a Christian School then I understand their policy against homosexuality
JohnCornyn vote no to Barrett. Texas wants to move forward. Texas wants healthcare
She Is a bad person. America has Lost a great woman and replaced her with a 'dwarf' person
TheAlexNevil 😫
JJaazzee1 She toast.
JJaazzee1 Fuck. Amy. Borat. Corn dog.
It’s late and maybe I missed it but was this not disclosed in all her materials? Surely seems the kind of thing on her resume or c.v or whatever it’s called they submit. This seems pretty relevant. Barrett LGBTQ SCOTUSHearing SCOTUS
maddow Horrible. How can she be confirmed. MoscowMitchMcConnell and LindseyGraham are horrible people and such hypocrites. Vote them out!
lesleyabravanel She should listen to the Pope.
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RiegerReport Disqualifying “Barrett served for nearly 3 years on the board of private Christian schools that effectively barred admission to children of same-sex parents and made it plain that gay and lesbian teachers weren’t welcome in the classroom.”
And this:
This reason alone should disqualify this woman from the Supreme Court what a joke it is to push her nomination
JamesDukeMason Why is anyone surprised by this?
Yedois AmyConeyBigot
And
IfYouSeekAmy
ray6trish Coney Barrett’s eyes tell you her soul is vacant 🧐
rexthetvterrier Yeah she’ll be FAIR🤮🤮🤮🤮💯
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Woah, totally guilty of practicing her religious beliefs! Outstanding piece of journalism.
Judge Amy is reminiscent of those cold, cruel, nuns teaching Latin in catholic high schools for girls.
So the Bigot Hand Maiden is going to be enshrined on SCOTUS for life. Just wonderful.
But she can somehow rule without prejudice or bias? Explain. I’ll wait. 😒
No surprises there
They think they are only discriminating against the parents, which is bad enough, but think about how the children must feel as well.
nhannahjones Someone should probably let you all know about Bidens previous stance on gay people. Its even worse when you look at his history with black people. Oh and don't even look at Kamala Harris bragging about locking up pot heads while she smokes weed and listens to pac.
Disgusting.
big surprise
MlLedoux Leonard Leo handmaidens of the anti democratic conservative legal movement. Constitutional originalist who want to maintain the chattel slave systems that were in place during the writing of the constitution and when only white rich landowners were considered full citizens.
Anyone surprised at all?
The Pope just (again) stated that he is in favor of civil unions (civil marriage) for gay couples because 'gays deserve to have families, too' Amy Coney Barrett is no catholic, she's a poser, a pretender, if not (almost surely) a Satan worshiper.
maddow Wait she’s a bad person?
CALL 202.224.5225. Tell Judiciary Committee to delay the confirmation of Judge Barrett. Whomever wins the presidential contest shd nominate who sits in RBG’s chair. Making this call is our LAST chance to derail this appointment. Call NOW. PASS IT ON.
Amy's Idol growing up.
FrankPKing What about gay and lesbian priests. Do they ban them from church grounds
FrankPKing Jesus, she gets more awful at every turn.
Ah.
She will be on the Supreme Court. AP you are fake news!
Her actions in life say so much more than her words at these hearing will ever say. She will turn this country back decades.
Nothing says I'm impartial like being a hipocrite. That witch is gonna send women's rights back to the stone age. What she's going to do to rights for the other minorities is unspeakable.
We need her out!
She's gross
She is a HUGE bigot!!!
“Homosexual people have the right to be in a family,” the pope said. “They are children of God and have a right to a family. Nobody should be thrown out or made miserable over it.”
sentoomey this is the SCOTUS nominee who requires your vote to confirm. Ask yourself, does she reflect republican values or American values? Does she reflect an open mind for the diversity of this country, or just trump's America? Ask yourself, is she worthy of SCOTUS?
Wow that's that poop
This woman does NOT belong on our Supreme Court.
Yuk!
stevesilberman She's such a vile, repulsive person.
this woman is extremely dangerous with her far right views
That’s not a bug for the GOP. It’s a feature.
That’s what Christians do. Hence “Christian” school
She's disgusting.
She's a homophobe and she also still considers herself property of her husband. What a sad woman
maddow 11 minutes ago. Pope Francis indicates support for same-sex civil unions
cmclymer Ugh, can’t get worse.
intenseCA Of course. The worse you are, the less you comment. Axiomatic in the genre. Expect no partiality from AmyComeyBarrett .
But it would have been so rude for SenFeinstein & her JudiciaryDems to bring up that this 'staunch Catholic' was a homophobic bigot entirely out of line with her own Pope. Just uncivil.
FREE BILL COSBY!! STOP TREATING BLACK PEOPLE DIFFERENTLY! IF YOU LET THOSE WHITE MEN THAT DID THE SAME INCIDENT AS COSBY GO FREE YOU LET COSBY GO FREE!!!
maddow The People of Praise is to catholics as al-Qaeda is to muslims. We cannot give a dangerous extremist a place on the supreme court.
She’s a terrible person. She has no business being a judge anywhere
MarkLazerus AP & Lazerus, i know this will be difficult for you, but please go read the constitution. If its too hard to read, go get the Dummies version. Try learning about a subject you know nothing about before you tweet about it!
many klobuchar KamalaHarris
Wait 'til somebody tells her what the Pope just said...
Yo Amy read what Pope Francis just said about same-sex marriage. Remember, he is infallible and as a Catholic and originalist, you must accept his word as doctrine.
“Effectively barred” = not really barred
gop - don’t confirm Barrett. You will alienate voters for years to come.
UnqualifiedForSCOTUS
In this nominee, where is the part that tells us where's she's been right about America? Left or Right?
How is she still a judge? This is an ethics violation.
Grasping for straws
Americans are done with this kind of bigotry.
She’s anti American
MichaelEHayden That’s what these Chuds mean by “School Choice”.
I wonder what she things of the Pope's call for civil unions between same sex couples ?
BillyCrystal Simply not ok. People of Praise & Focus on the Family are not 'Christian', ARE DEFINITELY judgmental in nature. EXCLUSION is not love. Barrett may not SAY where her loyalties lie, but EVERYONE of a reasonably sound mind, has an opinion on this. To say otherwise is simply untrue.
johnastoehr Bigotry wrapped in a Bible is still bigotry. Remember in 1860 almost every major Christian denomination in the US had a pro slavery wing, convinced the Bible told them to own humans.
What does the gop and those corrupt senators want from the American people. It's pure evil.
NBCPhiladelphia ABC6 CBSPhilly 69News FOX29philly TelemundoNews CNN ABC NYTIMES WASHINGTONPOST MSNBC CBSNEWS FOXNEWS BBCWorld Reuters Our legislatures set the standards for our laws. Not vigilantes. Yes, we answer to God. But, accountable to man's laws.
Also here, MSNBC. (could not access link in tweet for some reason)
She’s a narrow-minded, Koch-created, attorney-automaton. Not suitable for SCOTUS justice. NoAmyNoWay NoSCOTUSvote
“Mom gets involved in kids school, serves on board...” oh the horror!
Is not a surprise to me. ACB is member of People for Praise, which is a religious cult. Those are fanatics. Need a shrink, really. USA 🇺🇸 to be reigned by ACB? Is same as bringing in the Trojan horse. Democracy is at stake!
DIS. QUALIFIED.
Thank goodness this didn't come out before the confirmation hearings, amirite boys 😮
Page 31 of the GOP platform spells out their agenda.
So did pence's wife pick her out
Read page 31 of the GOP platform. Wake UP people.
maddow Watch what they do and VOTE them all out
This matters , this is who she is . Nothing Christian or loving about this
SenFeinstein SenSchumer Why aren’t you holding press conferences daily shining a light on her extremist inhumane ideas? She is completely unfit and belongs nowhere near the bench.
The more I learn about Amy Coney Barrett, the more I think she should be the one married to Trump. They’re both openly racist, believe discrimination is justified, believe men should be in charge of women’s bodies, and want to take the US back to 1776.
You should read the Bible
Unacceptable
How is this happening 😳
🙄🙄🙄
cmclymer This lady is vile.
Well, SenatorCollins , lisamurkowski, MittRomney, marcorubio , senrobportman, bensasse. Are you really willing to pack the courts with a far right homophobe, a woman with little experience appointed by a man destroying our country? Does America mean so little to you?
Extreme beliefs (superstitions) that belonged to the Dark Ages... we can't have her beliefs dictating how we should live our lives.
Amy has lived in a right wing bubble all her life and has no clue of anything outside her bubble.
This woman has deep-rooted, learned hatred for segments of the population and wants to be a judge. How laughable
This is despicable. This was the biggest quid pro quo sham in our nations history. Trump sold out America for his own personal interests. How can anyone vote for THIS?
For a lifetime position there should be an agreed 6 months period for vetting etc. It's that simple and would keep aberrations such as this charade at bay. A lifetime appointment should never be rushed.
PlumptyTrumpty
SenFeinstein still impressed?
brianbeutler I am willing to bet that she has never had a pleasurable orgasm.
MrJonCryer The key Phrase here is private Christian schools. So....
Just wait this person is a monster.
This alone should remove her from any court. When your ‘faith’ tells you to discriminate against other humans. Disgusting.
None of this matters. She will be confirmed this month regardless.
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