Last month the Minneapolis-St. Paul Star-Tribune reported:

An unmarried fifth-grade teacher at the Catholic school in Wabasha is out of a job because she got pregnant.

Emily Prigge, 23... told her principal about her pregnancy....
[T]he principal and a priest asked her to resign... and she did. Her pregnancy is about 15 weeks along....

When [Prigge] took the job, she signed a Catholic Christian Witness Statement, where she agreed to set a good example as a Christian in her personal and academic life. Prigge, who is Catholic, says she was told that she didn't live up to the statement because she had premarital sex.

Do you think the school should have fired Prigge?

[HT: reader Hieronymous]

UPDATE on February 23 Weekend Question: The number of comments on this post has shattered the previous record of 615. Currently at 1,624, chatter is still going strong. Who was the 1,000th commenter? Our beloved Bobby Bambino! Bobby, email me your address. You've won a copy of either On Message or Lime 5, take your pick.

The new poll question is up:

Is there ever a legitimate reason for a pro-lifer to vote for a pro-abort?

HT to moderator Jasper for the suggestion.

Re: last week's poll question, wow, I don't think we've ever had such a lopsided response...