Students are protesting a Catholic school in the US after two teachers were forced out for being gay

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An English teacher and a soccer coach resigned from Kennedy Catholic High School in Burien, Washington, last week.

Officials told KING5 that English teacher Paul Danforth and soccer coach Michelle Beattie"voluntarily resigned" from the school, though they say they were forced out over their engagements to same-sex partners.Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories. Students at a Catholic school outside Seattle, Washington, walked out of their classes on Tuesday after two teachers said they were forced out because they are gay.

English teacher Paul Danforth and soccer coach Michelle Beattie"voluntarily resigned" from Kennedy Catholic High School in Burien, Washington, last week, school officials, though the teachers have said they were pushed out over engagements to same-sex partners. As students participated in a sit-in outside their classrooms Tuesday morning to protest Danforth and Beattie's resignations, about 100 parents and alumni visited the Catholic Archdiocese of Seattle to protest."I hope they realize, they are the future of not just this community but the Catholic church...and that what they are doing is really brave, and probably more brave than what I've seen any adults do. The willingness to maybe get in trouble..it's pretty inspiring.

 

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