Lesbian Catholic school teacher get FIRED on her first day back at work after marrying her girlfriend (Details, pics)

A beloved Miami Catholic school teacher who recently married her partner, was fired mere days later, angering parents. Jocelyn Morffi was let go from her first-grade teaching job at Saints Peter and Paul Catholic School on Thursday.

It was the day after she had gotten back from her wedding to Natasha Hass in the Florida Keys. 'This weekend I married the love of my life and unfortunately I was terminated from my job as a result,' Morffi said in a post on social media obtained by the Miami Herald. 'In their eyes I'm not the right kind of Catholic for my choice in partner.'

A letter was sent from the school to parents, on Thursday, but it failed to go into detail as to why Morffi was fired. A group of approximately 20 parents convened on the school's campus and demanded an explanation from the principal, on Friday.'

This weekend I married the love of my life and unfortunately I was terminated from my job as a result,' Morffi said in a post on social media obtained by the Miami Herald. 'In their eyes I'm not the right kind of Catholic for my choice in partner'

'We were extremely livid. They treated her like a criminal, they didn't even let her get her things out of her classroom,' said Cintia Cini, who has a child in Morffi's class. While she added that Morffi's sexual orientation wasn't common knowledge, Cini asserted that was irrelevant.

'Our only concern was the way she was with our children, the way she taught our children and this woman by far was one of the best teachers out there,' she explained. Cini would add that when the principal met with the parents one-by-one, they failed to list a reason for the terminating, even then.

While the school failed to respond to a comment, Archdiocese of Miami spokeswoman Mary Ross Agosta did confirm that Morffi had been fired.

She wouldn't give any further explanation other than Morffi breaking her contract. Agosta asserted that policy prohibits the discussion of personnel matters.' As a teacher in a Catholic school their responsibility is partly for the spiritual growth of the children,' Agosta said.

'One has to understand that in any corporation, institution or organization there are policies and procedures and teachings and traditions that are adhered to. If something along the way does not continue to stay within that contract, then we have no other choice.'

Archbishop Thomas Wenski released a memo, following Florida's lift on same sex marriage in 2015, that placed emphasis on the city's policy.

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