What follows below was written by a number of students seeking recognition and permission from their high school to form a LGBT club on campus.

I was fortunate to have interacted in and out of the classroom with a number of the kids seeking this recognition. 
If asked, I would be happy to play some minor role in advising them, or mediating with the school officials for recognition. 
I may be much more aware of what they might face as their church has taken a strong stand on their position with the gay community. On the one hand they claim to love all people, as they define gays as “intrinsically disordered.” 
Not the kind of love I ever want to receive! 
Can you imagine how that feels to a teenager full of angst about just about everything in their lives!! 
The Archbishop in the Seattle Archdiocese has been appointed by the Pope to bring the nuns back into conformance with their stated positions on a number of subjects. (See article in today’s Seattle paper) They feel the nuns have gone too far on supporting-homelessness, poverty, choice; contraception etc in ways the church does not approve of-
If the nuns have angered them you can imagine how this request might boil the water.

I have deleted the name of the school in respect of the process. When and if the kids receive a definitive reply I will be more than happy to share it-

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“The biggest disease today is the feeling of being unwanted, uncared for and deserted by everybody” – Mother Teresa

Never before has this statement been more true, especially in the LGBT community. XXXXXXXXX High School (AKA XXXXXX Catholic High School) has long promoted an image of acceptance and love but its lack of support and acknowledgement of its homosexual and lesbian students says otherwise. 
Consistently, the school’s leaders have denied students from beginning a Gay Straight Alliance based off of the beliefs of the Catholic Church.

Its refusal to allow a GSA to be formed despite the constant attempts to do so sends a message of hate and intolerance to all students and teachers alike. Its actions tell students who feel oppressed and hopeless that they are not equal or accepted at XXXXXX Catholic High School.

Though XXXXXXX Catholic High School is a school grounded in its religious roots, that should not stop it from promoting love and acceptance. Its leaders refuse to allow the formation of a GSA because of fear of the backlash it will undoubtedly receive from the Catholic Church. Still, the need for change is evident and it is time for XXXXXXX Catholic to be on the right side of history by being the first school in the archdiocese of Washington to approve of a GSA.