{"id":6562,"date":"2013-09-11T11:23:56","date_gmt":"2013-09-11T11:23:56","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2013-09-11T11:23:56","modified_gmt":"2013-09-11T11:23:56","slug":"l-a-catholic-school-students-plan-sit-in-supporting-fired-gay-teacher-ken-bencomo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/2013\/09\/l-a-catholic-school-students-plan-sit-in-supporting-fired-gay-teacher-ken-bencomo\/","title":{"rendered":"L.A. Catholic school students plan sit-in supporting fired gay teacher Ken Bencomo"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p><script>(function(d, s, id) {\n  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n  js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\";\n  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><\/p>\n<p>St. Lucy\u2019s Priory High School alum Brittany Littleton has collected over 90,000 signatures on her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.change.org\/petitions\/st-lucy-s-priory-high-school-give-ken-bencomo-his-job-back\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Change.org<\/strong><\/a> petition. Now current and former students are planning a sit-in and protest in support of ousted gay teacher Ken Bencomo at today&#8217;s school board meeting.<\/p>\n<p>According to friends and fellow teachers, Ken Bencomo had been a &#8220;beloved mentor&#8221; and teacher at St. Lucy&#8217;s Priory High School in Glendora, California for 17 years, heading up the English department and serving as yearbook moderator and dance coach. But shortly after a newspaper story featured Bencomo&#8217;s marriage to his long-time partner Christopher Persky, Ken Bencomo was reportedly fired for \u201cviolating the church\u2019s teachings.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bencomo&#8217;s termination prompted St. Lucy&#8217;s alum Brittany Littleton to launch a Change.org petition urging St. Lucy&#8217;s Priory High School to give Bencomo his job back. More than 90,000 people have joined her campaign, including current and former students. The petition has also been endorsed by actress Sophia Bush and entertainment blogger Perez Hilton on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA few weeks ago, I joined current and former students to deliver 45,000 petition signatures asking St. Lucy\u2019s Priory to reinstate one of its greatest teachers &#8211; Mr. Bencomo. Now that our campaign has doubled in size, we\u2019re taking our message directly to the school board,\u201d said Brittany. \u201cOur message is clear: Discrimination is anti-Christian and wrong, and we\u2019re not going anywhere until Mr. B gets his job back.\u201d <\/p>\n<p><cite>Article adapted by Proud Parenting from original press release<\/cite><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-comments\" data-href=\"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/node\/17460\" data-num-posts=\"2\" data-width=\"470\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>St. Lucy\u2019s Priory High School alum Brittany Littleton has collected over 90,000 signatures on her Change.org petition. 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