8 January 2012, 9:24 am
http://www.cbsnews.com/2100-201_162-1391621.html "The Boston Archdiocese's Catholic Charities said Friday it would stop providing adoption services because of a state law allowing gays and lesbians to adopt children." http://www.lifesite.net/news/illinois-catholic-charities-forced-out-of-adoptions-over-homosexual-rights News Print Article | Email Friend | Reprint Permissions Illinois Catholic Charities forced out of adoptions over homosexual ‘rights’ "News Print Article | Email Friend | Reprint Permissions Illinois Catholic Charities forced out of adoptions over homosexual ‘rights’ by Rebecca Millette Mon May 30, 2011 17:45 EST ROCKFORD, Illinois, May 30, 2011 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Catholic Diocese of Rockford, IL announced the closing of their adoption agencies last week, forced out of service due to new legislation that would oblige them to service homosexual couples. Catholic Charities of Illinois has been in business for more than 100 years, providing adoption and foster-care homes to hundreds of children. Currently, the Diocese handles approximately 350 foster family and adoption cases in 11 counties in northern Illinois with a state budget of $7.5 million and 58 workers who will now no longer have jobs. The Diocese announced that the agency is being forced to opt out of contracting with the State of Illinois for these services because of the Illinois legislature’s failure to enact an explicit amendment to the new Illinois Religious Freedom Protection and Civil Unions Act. The amendment failed despite the efforts of Catholic Charities directors and the lobbying efforts of the Catholic Conference of Illinois. The amendment would have allowed Catholic Charities to refer unmarried, cohabitating couples, whether same-sex or opposite sex, to other agencies so as to not violate the teachings of the Catholic faith when the Civil Unions law goes into effect on June 1. “Catholic Charities and other religious agencies implored the State of Illinois to allow their agencies to refer such couples to other adoption and foster care agencies so as to not violate the moral teachings of their faith,” said Penny Wiegert, diocesan director of communication. “Tragically, that did not happen.” http://www.lifesite.net/news/illinois-catholic-charities-forced-out-of-adoptions-over-homosexual-rights "While we understand leaving this work will be very painful for our client families, employees, volunteers, donors and prayerful supporters, we can no longer contract with the State of Illinois whose laws would force us to participate in activity offensive to the moral teachings of the church—teachings which compel us to do this work in the first place." http://blog.heritage.org/2011/06/01/civil-union-law-forces-catholic-charities-to-drop-adoption-service/ They don't. If you were to give up your child, shouldn't you have some confidence that it will have a mother and a father rather than two mothers or two fathers? Isn't the law removing a lack of choice from the citizens when they say it is the law to go against your religious beliefs? Gays can make their life partnership legal through a contract. They really don't have to insist that they be joined through a religious sacrament. We do have freedom of religion as well as civil rights you know. I forgot, the left does not believe in people having rights unless they garble everything that relates to basic civilization.... Read More »
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