US Catholic school teacher fired for gay wedding

A gay teacher at a Catholic high school was fired after he applied for a marriage licence. Michael Griffin was fired from Holy Ghost Preparatory School after administrators said his obtaining a licence to marry his same-sex partner was a violation of his contract. Father James McCloskey,the school’s headmaster,said in a statement that faculty at the school are required to follow church teachings. He said in the statement that Griffin’s decision “contradicts the terms of his teaching contract at our school,which requires all faculty and staff to follow the teachings of the Church as a condition of their employment.”