A gay-rights advocacy organization is denouncing the firing of a campus safety officer at Marian High School, saying she was dismissed because she publicized that she's a lesbian. The officer, Charlene Genther, 55, was in her sixth year at the Catholic, college-preparatory school for girls.
A former Detroit police officer, she has a daughter who graduated from the school in 2001.
Genther said Wednesday that she has been in a committed relationship for 28 years and that it was no surprise to anyone at the school that she is a lesbian. She and her partner often attended school events, chaperoned dances and went to parent-teacher conferences.
But last week, when she began publicizing her autobiography, "Badge 3483: A True Story," which addresses the relationship, she was fired.
The Rev. Harry Cook, pastor of St. Andrew's Episcopal Church in Clawson, said Genther, a friend and a parishioner, was an asset to the school. (I'm not saying a word......)
Genther said she doesn't expect to get her job back, but the firing saddens her.
"I wish the Catholic Church would follow the doctrine of Jesus Christ, who said there are no outcasts in the kingdom of heaven."
Ahh... he also said GO AND SON NO MORE.
DETROIT FREE PRESS
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