WOMAN WHO LOST CHRISTIAN SCIENCE TEACHING JOB AFTER LESBIAN MARRIAGE CONSIDERS LAWSUIT: From the Boston Herald

The spiritual teacher stripped of her Christian Science affiliation after refusing to repent for marrying her lesbian partner of 10 years is now considering suing.

"I have three names of attorneys that were recommended and I just feel like that maybe I should call one of them," Kathleen Clementson, 62, said from her Florida home yesterday.

Clementson married Suzanne Nightingale, 49, in a private morning ceremony May 20 on a beach in Brewster, three days after state law granted gay and lesbian couples the right to apply for licenses.

When a wire service picture of their vows circulated through the country, Clementson was soon reprimanded by the church board who ordered her to repent. When she refused, she was stripped of her teaching credentials and her membership.

The First Church of Christ Scientist in Boston declined comment yesterday. Church officials have told Clementson that her students have been deemed to have had no primary instruction.

Both Clementson and Nightingale said they believe the church should update its laws and support the gay community.

"They're governed by a little thin book of rules and the rules haven't been changed," said Nightingale. "One of those rules is that people should be legally married. There was opportunity to legally marry. We went to Massachusetts to be legally married. We are now legally married. So what rule did we break?"

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