Boston Catholic Charities Stop Adoptions Because of Gay Parent Law

[LRThunder]

beckers:

I like this quote-----
It seems surprising that the state would want to put the Catholic Church out of the adoption business. Corporal works of mercy are no less important to the life of the Church than its sacramental ministry. Forbidding the Church to perform them is a serious blow to its religious liberty. Why would the government do that?

One reason is that the Church refused to go along with the effort, enshrined in these regulations and blessed in Goodridge v. Department of Public Health, to give gay families the same legal rights as straight families.

But Catholic Charities did not obstruct that effort; it only declined to assist it. Is our commitment to equality so strong that we are willing to put Catholic Charities out of business because it won’t promote an agenda that it views as morally wrong?

I love the fact that the church isn’t bending it’s morals for society. The church isn’t black balling or reject people or saying your not going to be a good parent or that we don’t love you. The church is saying we don’t like your lifestyle so we are not going to proceed with placing a child with you but you are free to go other places and try with them. The chruch should have the freedom to reject anyone it wants from the adoption process. No one is guarenteed a child just because you apply.

Good points, and here’s another good question. If adoption by gay parents is legal (or going to be legal there), why should every adoption agency be forced to allow those adoptions? I can understand secular, state-run agencies, but why can’t private, Church based agencies pick and choose who can adopt?

 

[geezerbob]

LRThunder:

Good points, and here’s another good question. If adoption by gay parents is legal (or going to be legal there), why should every adoption agency be forced to allow those adoptions? I can understand secular, state-run agencies, but why can’t private, Church based agencies pick and choose who can adopt?

Because, as someone posted earlier, Catholic Charities in Massachusetts gets about 80% of their funds from the state and federal governments. With government funds come government strings. They are caught in a trap of their own making.

 

[slyboots]

Ok what about single parent adoptions where the parent is a non-practising homosexual?
There are so many foster children out there that need parents to love them. And I think we could agree that a one parent home where there is love will always beat a two parent home with hatred therein.

 

[Riley259]

slyboots:

Ok what about single parent adoptions where the parent is a non-practising homosexual?
There are so many foster children out there that need parents to love them. And I think we could agree that a one parent home where there is love will always beat a two parent home with hatred therein.

Yes, but it’s still not the ideal which we must aspire to.

 

[ElizabethAnne]

geezerbob:

Because, as someone posted earlier, Catholic Charities in Massachusetts gets about 80% of their funds from the state and federal governments. With government funds come government strings. They are caught in a trap of their own making.

Actually, Catholic Charities looked at refusing state funds (federal funds are not an issue here) and discovered that due to the licensing agreement all adoption agencies must sign in Massachusetts, the organization would still be required to provide adoptions for same-sex couples.