Catholic adoption society wins court battle over gay rights exemption

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Catholic adoption society wins court battle over gay rights exemption
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Catholic Care had said it would have to give up its work finding homes for children if it was made to comply with the new anti-discrimination legislation. The Charity Commission had rejected its plea to an exemption under the Sexual Orientation Regulations but a High Court judge this morning allowed the adoption charity’s appeal.
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Mr Justice Briggs, sitting in London, ordered the commission to reconsider the case in the light of the principles set out in his judgment.
Catholic Care, which serves the dioceses of Leeds, Middlesbrough, and Hallam in South Yorkshire, was the last Catholic adoption charity to continue its fight against the equality legislation.
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The Roman Catholic Church lost a battle against the regulations when they were introduced in 2006.
Rt Rev Arthur Roche, Bishop of Leeds, welcomed the judge’s decision, saying it would “help in our determination to continue to provide this invaluable service to benefit children, families and communities”.
He said the judgment confirmed that Catholic Care was correct in its reading of the Equality Act (Sexual Orientation) Regulations 2007 and that the exemption could apply “to any charity subject to it being in the public interest”.
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Hallelujah!
Now if we could only get such a court ruling over here.
 
Joe_5859 said:
Great news!

It is interesting how those who so strongly advocate for separation of Church and State have no problem with the State telling the Church what to do. 🤷
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I am confused by this statement. Perhaps that is because I am not fully awake yet. :o Could you please explain because it really isn’t making any sense to me at this point? :confused:

I, for one, also rejoice that such a court ruling was made. The State should not be telling the Church what to do.
 
Holly3278 said:
I am confused by this statement. Perhaps that is because I am not fully awake yet. :o Could you please explain because it really isn’t making any sense to me at this point? :confused:

I, for one, also rejoice that such a court ruling was made. The State should not be telling the Church what to do.
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Sorry. I must have slipped into stream of consciousness mode and skipped a few thoughts. :o

That’s exactly what I meant. It’s good that the State does not tell the Church what to do. That’s what the whole idea of “separation of Church and State” used to be about: to protect the Church from the State. Many people nowadays tend to think the opposite is true.
 
Joe_5859 said:
Sorry. I must have slipped into stream of consciousness mode and skipped a few thoughts. :o

That’s exactly what I meant. It’s good that the State does not tell the Church what to do. That’s what the whole idea of “separation of Church and State” used to be about: to protect the Church from the State. Many people nowadays tend to think the opposite is true.
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Ah okay. 🙂 In that case, I can honestly say that I totally agree with what you have said then. 👍
 
dekutrash said:
Neither should tell the other of what to do.
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The Catholic Church as Christ’s representative on earth has every right and every duty to admonish the state when it errs or falls on the the side of evil.If it doesn’t or rather hadn’t you’d still have the Communist Soviet Union.It was Pope John-Paul the Great and Ronald Reagan whom God used to destroy that Beast.
 
Finally one for the good guys! I hope this Preist continues his fight and all the other charities take up the fight again.

Peace!👍
 
Soutane said:
The Catholic Church as Christ’s representative on earth has every right and every duty to admonish the state when it errs or falls on the the side of evil.If it doesn’t or rather hadn’t you’d still have the Communist Soviet Union.It was Pope John-Paul the Great and Ronald Reagan whom God used to destroy that Beast.
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I completely and totally agree with you! This is precisely what I wanted to say earlier but could not find the right words to do so. :o Thumbs up to you! 👍
prodigal-sun said:
Finally one for the good guys! I hope this Preist continues his fight and all the other charities take up the fight again.

Peace!👍
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I also completely and totally agree with you! I also hope that the other charities will take up the fight again! 👍
 
Holly remember that contemptuous quote of Stalin’s regarding the Holy Father?“How many Divisions does he have”?Where is Stalin and the Soviet Beast now?On the trash heap of history.
The Holy Catholic Church and its devout and faithful adherents have been,are now,and will be persecuted and martyred by the World and Governments but through the guarantee of Christ and the protection of the Paraclete the gates of Hell will NEVER prevail…Many of us will be Crucified in one form or another,but She will prevail and defeat all the enemies of Truth.
It doesn’t matter how many of the cafeteria,cino,cultural,ethnic,and Christmas and Easter Catholics fall away,there will always be the Remnant;hopefully you,me,many here and throughout this world.We have to be in this world but not OF it.
She is a Divine institution and man-made institutions ultimately don’t stand a chance.I’ve read the Book we win in the end.DEO GRATIAS.👍
 
Soutane said:
Holly remember that contemptuous quote of Stalin’s regarding the Holy Father?“How many Divisions does he have”?Where is Stalin and the Soviet Beast now?On the trash heap of history.
The Holy Catholic Church and its devout and faithful adherents have been,are now,and will be persecuted and martyred by the World and Governments but through the guarantee of Christ and the protection of the Paraclete the gates of Hell will NEVER prevail…Many of us will be Crucified in one form or another,but She will prevail and defeat all the enemies of Truth.
It doesn’t matter how many of the cafeteria,cino,cultural,ethnic,and Christmas and Easter Catholics fall away,there will always be the Remnant;hopefully you,me,many here and throughout this world.We have to be in this world but not OF it.
She is a Divine institution and man-made institutions ultimately don’t stand a chance.I’ve read the Book we win in the end.DEO GRATIAS.👍
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Actually Soutane, I don’t remember that quote of Stalin’s. 😊 But I think I do get your point. Could you possibly clarify exactly what your point is for me either in PM or in this thread? I just want to make absolutely certain that I understand you correctly because I am honestly not certain what the key point(s) of your post are. I apologize for not understanding what you are saying. 😊

May God bless you,
Holly
 
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