Court to Hear Arguments against San Francisco's Anti-Catholic Resolution

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SAN FRANCISCO, December 15, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) - A panel of eleven judges of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals sitting in San Francisco will hear oral arguments tomorrow, December 16, concerning the constitutionality of the San Francisco Board of Supervisor’s resolution attacking the Catholic Church for its teachings against homosexual adoptions.
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The en banc panel, consisting of all the judges of the court, will review the earlier opinion of a three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit that upheld the resolution.
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The anti-Catholic resolution, adopted March 21, 2006, was challenged by the Thomas More Law Center, a national Christian legal advocacy group based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, on behalf of the Catholic League and two Catholic residents of San Francisco. The challenge was made on the grounds that the resolution expresses government hostility toward the Catholic Church and its moral teachings in violation of the Establishment Clause of the Constitution.
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The city Board’s resolution was issued in response to a directive from Cardinal William Levada, in which he instructed Catholic Charities of San Francisco to follow Church teaching and not begin adopting children to homosexuals.
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Read more: lifesitenews.com/ldn/2009/dec/09121506.html
 
lemonbeam, thank you for this posting! I was, and am still, so caught up in Prop 8 and its aftermath that news of this previously standing “resolution” flew right under my radar. I’ll definitely be paying attention to what transpires.
 
Don’t hold your breath. The 9th circuit court would probably approve the constitutionality of rounding all catholics up and sending us to re-education centers until we think ‘properly’ if such a law was brought before them.
 
manualman said:
Don’t hold your breath. The 9th circuit court would probably approve the constitutionality of rounding all catholics up and sending us to re-education centers until we think ‘properly’ if such a law was brought before them.
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I would suggest that you not hold your own breath – on your latter supposition. They ruled in favor of Prop 8 arguments recently. It’s important to read all the news, not just the more sensational headlines & popular news stories.
 
Elizabeth502 said:
I would suggest that you not hold your own breath – on your latter supposition. They ruled in favor of Prop 8 arguments recently. It’s important to read all the news, not just the more sensational headlines & popular news stories.
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Yes, they upheld the right of Californians to amend their state consitution in accordance with the Constitution itself. The very fact that you think that is a significant victory shows how outlandish that court typically is! In any other decade such a decision would be a “DUH!” debate.
 
I believe it is perfectly legit that any orphan in a Roman Catholic charity should not be adopted by a homosexual. It is the Church making the decision not the government, so it is fine.
 
manualman said:
Yes, they upheld the right of Californians to amend their state consitution in accordance with the Constitution itself. The very fact that you think that is a significant victory shows how outlandish that court typically is! In any other decade such a decision would be a “DUH!” debate.
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Again, brush up on your reading. That’s the old decision, not the newer one!

And please don’t lecture me! I keep very close in touch with this issue, as it is very dear to my heart. Some folks on this forum are way behind the news.

(The very fact that that you are referring to an old decision shows how outdated your reading list is.)
 
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