School chaplain dismissed for gay marriage views The Chaplain of a Glasgow gaelic school has been removed from his post after he described homosexuality as a "disorder," it was revealed yesterday. Reverend Donald Michael MacInnes made the comments on a Facebook page read by parents of pupils at Glasgow Gaelic School. A spokeswoman for Glasgow City Council today confirmed the Church of Scotland minister had been removed from his pastoral position at the school. She said: "The man is no longer the Chaplain at the school and this decision was taken by the headteacher as soon as we received the complaints from parents and reviewed the situation." In the post, the Church of Scotland minister refers to homosexuality as a disorder and a "perversion." He said: "The overwhelming support of our Scottish politicians in creating same-sex marriage is very disappointing. Many of us, myself included, agreed that the creation of civil partnerships was necessary so that individuals suffering from this disorder were not legally penalised in any way because of their sexuality. We can now expect to see the school curriculum changed to the end that our children will be taught this perversion as if it were a good thing. Angry parents of pupils at the non-denominational school contacted head teacher Dr Donalda T McComb over the inflammatory remarks. The facility, in Berkeley School, near Charing Cross, provides Gaelic medium education for pre-school, primary and secondary pupils. Prejudice One parent said: "I don't want my children exposed to any sort of prejudice from a person in authority and I would not be confident of other view he might express directly to the children." Another said: "Absolutely disgraceful. It is not a disorder, you cannot choose your sexuality. A Glasgow City Council spokeswoman said while the minister was entitled to his opinions, action had been taken because his views "were not in keeping with the ethos of the school" and the council had a duty of care to the pupils. She said: "The school did receive complaints from soe parents about the inappropriate comments made and a decision was taken to review the religious observance at the school." Reverend MacInnes, who is minister of Gairbraid Church in Maryhill, is originally from Lewis, Outer Hebrides, and is the former minister at St Columba's Church in St Vincent Street.