IRS Official suspended

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/24/us/politics/irs-official-who-refused-to-testify-is-put-on-leave.html?hp&_r=0

Following the IRS scandal from a couple of weeks ago, Lois Lerner was suspended yesterday after refusing to testify before a member of the House. An investigation of the IRS harassing conservative groups is still going on. Though, Lerner was merely suspended for the time being, many other IRS officials and senators have asked for her resignation. Two other people have already lost their job because of the scandal. Steven Miller, the acting commissioner was let go, and Lerner’s supervisor, Joseph H. Grant, is retiring. Lerner claims that she had no prior knowledge of scandal, but the Lawmakers are continuing to interrogate her.
Although I think it's about time, something was done to make amends to the scandal, I find it a bit unfair to pin it all on Lerner. Whether of not she had any knowledge of the scandal beforehand, she's surely not the only one left to blame. Yet, she was the one who had to apologize to the Tea Party.

Teacher Fired from Catholic School because of 'spousal relationship violations'

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/21/opinion/bruni-one-schools-catholic-teaching.html?src=me&ref=general

In Columbus, Ohio, a 57 year old gym teacher was fired from a Catholic high school. Carla Hale was a woman who was passionate about her job and loved by her students. But, after being seen with her partner Julie at her mother's funeral by one of the parents from the high school, a letter was sent saying 'women like Carla' will not be tolerated to teach their children. Soon after that, Carla Hale was let go from her job of more than 18 years. Still, Carla does not understand what she has done wrong by simply being in a relationship with another woman.
The Catholic church in general is rather hypocritical, in my opinion. While they hate on homosexuals, they still went to great lengths to cover up the crimes of priests who were involved sexually with minors.  Also, many of the teacher in the high school Carla Hale taught at used birth control, which is frowned upon in Catholicism, didn't suffer any repercussions. Though what's probably the most heartbreaking is that the federal government has made no laws prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation, so there's really nothing Carla Hale can do about her situation.