Many adoption agencies are caught between the Catholic church and the gay equality laws
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Adoption chiefs sever links with the Church to ensure survival -Times Online
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Battle far from over for those caught between Church and the law -Times Online
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"At stake is the principle of whether a charity can, under religious freedom laws, be allowed to break the law on equality and discriminate, in this case against homosexuals. This issue is likely to feature high on the agenda for the new Archbishop of Westminster after his installation next month because it is one of the issues about which he feels most strongly. He is unlikely to let it go, especially as one of the agencies that has not yet given up is in the Westminster archdiocese. "
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A personal note: This is my 1776th thread here at Free Republic, which is of course a very special number for us proud Yanks. It saddens me greatly that this thread pertains to such an unhappy subject...I would have preferred that my 1776th thread be about something happier and more positive, but the subject matter is one that's important to me and so it goes. I hope and pray that this matter might be successfully challenged and reversed before any more innocent children are lost to an environment of unspeakable perversion.
Many adoption agencies are caught between the Catholic church and the gay equality laws
This is a denial of a fundamental human right — freedom of religion. The Church should not give in on this, but fight it out in the courts. Here in Massachusetts, the church did the same thing. I wish they would instead fight.
No offense, the right thing to do would be to stop taking the state money and keep the ability to adopt to proper couples. They’ve decided they need the money more than their principles.
Maybe they could have sold off some assets and scaled down a bit, gotten rid of some things that weren’t doing much for them, maybe unladen some things that were costing them more to keep than to let go.
Secular incrementalism wins over absolute morals once again. Thanks for fighting the battle hard for our side. /not
Read romans Chapter 1 verses 24-29.. clarifies the UK Position! Doomed!
How long before the government tells churches they can’t perform weddings unless they agree to cooperate in same-sex “marriages”? Or use Bibles which contain verses condemning homosexual behavior?
No longer can Great Brittain or the US state that they have freedom of religion. When churches are FORCED to adopt practices that go against their basic believes, they are no longer free to practice their faith. How quickly and far we have come in the great depravity of mankind.