A pair of schools in Indiana drew national attention to the Catholic Church's attempts to grapple with LGBTQ relationships this month, highlighting the church's complex position in a country increasingly welcoming to different sexual identities.
The controversy began when it was revealed that the Archdiocese of Indianapolis would strip Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory School of its status as a Catholic school because administrators refused to fire a teacher who is married to a same-sex partner.
Just a few days later, the nearby Cathedral High School — which is also Catholic — announced that it would fire a teacher who was openly gay after being threatened with the same result by the archbishop.
Then came the plot twist: The two teachers are married to each other.
