Art of Glass
Artist Rod Sounik talks about the spontaneity of glass blowing and shaping.
With the help of votes from Central Ohio delegates, leaders of the Boy Scouts of America have voted to allow openly gay boys for the first time. Simon Kenton Council spokeswoman, Jen Koma, says local leaders were given guidance prior to the vote.
Former Ohio Attorney General Marc Dann has applied to have his law license reinstated now that he’s served a six-month suspension related to ethics violations.
Moral and ethics clauses have gained a lot of attention, especially since a Columbus Catholic school teacher was fired. WOSU takes a look at the role of morality clauses in the workplace.
The Central Ohio Association of Catholic Educators declined to lend support to fired Bishop Watterson High School teacher Carla Hale in her bid to regain her physical education job.
The gay teacher fired last month from a Columbus Catholic high school appeared on All Sides with Ann Fisher Wednesday along with two lawyers to discuss her case.
As expected, the Watterson teacher who says she was fired for being gay filed her complaint with a city office today.
The lawyer for a gay teacher fighting to get her job back at Bishop Watterson High School after her mother’s obituary appeared in a newspaper with the name of her partner says Carla Hale will file a complaint with the City of Columbus under its anti-discrimination law.
Fired Watterson High School teacher, Carla Hale, says she’ll continue to fight her dismissal. The Catholic Diocese of Columbus says Hale was fired, not for being gay, but for “the spousal relationship publicized in the newspaper which is against church teaching.”
Lower-income high school students who want to prepare for college and gain valuable job skills can apply to a new school set to open in Columbus this fall. It’s called Cristo Rey Columbus and it will be the 26th one of its kind in the country. The school combines a religious education with work experience to help fight poverty.
Columbus Mayor Michael Coleman today voiced his support for fired Watterson High School teacher Carla Hale. The 57-year old physical education teacher says she was fired from the Catholic high school school because she is in a same sex relationship.