Quote of the Day: Fired Catholic Teacher Michelle McCusker

“I don’t understand how a religion that prides itself on being forgiving and on valuing life could terminate me because I’m pregnant and am choosing to have this baby. I held the Catholic religion to a higher standard.”

-Michelle McCusker, a Catholic-school teacher who was fired after telling her employers that she was pregnant and did not plan to marry the father of the child. The New York Civil Liberties Union has filed suit against the Diocese of Brooklyn, on behalf of McCusker, who was quoted by the Los Angeles Times.