Gay student banned from receiving award by Catholic high school
Liam Jameson won the award for his work preventing LGBT suicides.
Liam Jameson has worked tirelessly to help other LGBT students
Joe Williams
3rd May 2016, 1:12 PM
School student Liam Jameson was overjoyed when he was told he had won a scholarship for his tireless work advocating LGBT rights at Dowling Catholic High School.
He was awarded the scholarship from the Eychaner Foundation in Iowa, which recognises LGBT young people who have “demonstrated a willingness and ability to lead in their communities”.
Jameson has not only supported other LGBT students at his school, he also started a gay-straight alliance there.
After discovering he had been selected for the Foundation’s Matthew Shepard Scholarship – a four-year $40,000 prize – Jameson says he couldn’t wait to be presented with the honour at a special assembly thrown by his school.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2016/05/03/gay-student-banned-from-receiving-award-by-catholic-high-school/
This won't stand. Preventing suicide is not against Catholic doctrine.
https://www.eychanerfoundation.org/scholarships/matthew-shepard.html
