Posted on 06/09/2008 6:32:26 PM PDT by tcg
The vague wording of Section 18 of the Sexual Orientation Regulations of the new Equality Act may enable the Society to confound the contentious rules by simply amending its constitution to refer directly to "married heterosexual couples" rather than its current reference to "couples who wish to adopt."
Cardinal Murphy-O'Connor said he was in full agreement with the decision to challenge the new government policies.
"I fully support the decision of the trustees in their endeavours to continue the valuable work of the Society," the Cardinal said.
As LifeSiteNews.com reported last week, other Catholic adoption agencies in Britain have either severed their links with the Church in order to comply with the new regulations or have simply closed their doors.
Jim Richards, the Westminster Catholic Children's Society's director, said this conflict need not have arisen if the Government had given an exemption to adoption agencies, as former Prime Minister Tony Blair had recommended, and as other EU countries have done.
"Other countries don't see adoption as goods and services and therefore it doesn't fall under their regulations," he said in a Daily Mail report. "This is a problem of the Government's making which has been foisted on us."
He added, "We simply want to continue to do what we have been doing for many years reasonably successfully. Adoption is a very important part of the Church's work with children who are extremely vulnerable."
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Wait until Mike and Ted come in with their solicitor.
Someone’s for the stake.
And thank you.
God, that Your society endures. Amen.
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