Maddi Runkles, 18, who attends a small private Christian school in Maryland, has been told she is not welcome at the event, on 2 June, because she must be "accountable for her immorality". Instead, her parents have decided to organise a special party for their daughter the following day. The decision by the board of governors of the Heritage Academy, in Hagerstown, has drawn criticism on social media from those who say the school is showing no Christian compassion to the teenager. So you can hear already... ... there are two ways of seeing this as a Christian - Some saying there needs to be accountability for wrong which there does And another saying, Where’s the compassion? And on that compassionate side... ... people make these points: - She was among highest academic achievers in her year, yet denied the graduation ceremony - She 'Did the right thing' by not having an abortion - 'When someone breaks a rule you punish them at the time they break the rule' ... that last one was a comment made by her Dad who happened to be Chair of the Board
Maddi Runkles, 18, who attends a small private Christian school in Maryland, has been told she is not welcome at the event, on 2 June, because she must be "accountable for her immorality". Instead, her parents have decided to organise a special party for their daughter the following day. The decision by the board of governors of the Heritage Academy, in Hagerstown, has drawn criticism on social media from those who say the school is showing no Christian compassion to the teenager. So you can hear already... ... there are two ways of seeing this as a Christian Some saying there needs to be accountability for wrong - which there does And another saying, Where’s the compassion? And on that compassionate side... ... people make these points: - She was among highest academic achievers in her year, yet denied the graduation ceremony - She 'Did the right thing' by not having an abortion - 'When someone breaks a rule you punish them at the time they break the rule' ... that last one was a comment made by her Dad who happened to be Chair of the Board