school teachers in cincinnati are leaving their jobs after being told they need to sign a morality clause in their contract. the new contract states that teachers are banned from taking part in or publicly supporting any of the following, living together before marriage, having sex outside of marriage, homosexual lifestyle and treatments such as in vitro fertilization. in a statement with msnbc the diocese argues there is nothing new here. in part, we ve always had a moral conduct clause, what s new that is that it lists some examples of what we always believed to be unacceptable under the contract. joining me now is molly schumann, a first grade teacher who left her job as a result of the contract. thank you so much, mole, for joining me. thank you, tamron. let s start here with this comment from the diocese saying there s nothing new here. if that s true why did you and the other teachers, all nine of you decide that you would leave
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