Yet another adoption agency is closing its doors, at a time when thousands of young victims of the opioid crisis flood America’s foster care system.
This time, it’s Catholic Charities of Buffalo, New York. The agency can no longer cooperate with the government there because the state will not allow Catholic Charities to operate consistently with its religious mission.
Catholic Charities of Buffalo represents another example in a disturbing trend toward driving out faith-based agencies from America’s child welfare system entirely—a trend that could cause children immeasurable harm.
Catholic Charities places children in homes with both a father and a mother in accordance with Catholic teaching on marriage and the family.
Unfortunately, the state now considers that belief to be discriminatory against LGBT individuals. New York issued an ultimatum: Abandon your beliefs, or quit your ministry. Catholic Charities is unable to comply with these rules and now must shut down, leaving the state with even fewer agencies to meet the needs of kids.
The state of New York is wrong to treat Catholic Charities’ religious mission in this manner.
Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote in the majority opinion in Obergefell v. Hodges that those who uphold a traditional view of marriage do so “based on decent and honorable religious or philosophical premises.”
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I'm thinking they're keeping kids away from Catholics with every means necessary.
ReplyDeleteAnd please don't try to convince us that Catholics have a "religion".
They have enough gold, silver, antiques, property, and historical documents they could sell and feed the poor for decades. Jesus would be SO PROUD of their beautiful gold chalices, chains, silk robes, and displays of wealth, while they ask YOU for money to help the poor.
They, like the prince, love Jesus. They just love their money (and little boys) and opulence more. They want YOU to donate.
They need THEIR money for lawyer fees and settlements.
Keep cheering.
Bottom line is government really doesn't care about kids, veterans and the the elderly. All they care about are the "misfits" of society and then they care very little. If you disagree look at government services. The public school systemt tells you all you need to know. We have great teachers and support staff. The administrators are as close as you can get to the devil.
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