Catholic Charities ends battle over gay adoption in Illinois

[w8liftinglady]

http://triblocal.com/joliet/2011/11/15/catholic-charities-ends-battle-over-gay-adoption-in-illinois-chicagotribune-com/

Catholic Charities announced Monday that it was ending its legal battle over Illinois’ civil unions law and no longer was providing state-funded services.

The move ends the group’s long history in Illinois of providing foster care and adoptions. Catholic Charities held foster care contracts with the state for about four decades.

The group had wished to continue its state contracts, while also referring unmarried couples who want to be adoptive or foster parents to other agencies, citing principles of religious liberty and freedom of conscience.

The state of Illinois had said that long-standing practice is discriminatory, a violation of the new law, which allows unmarried couples — gay or straight — to legally enter into civil unions.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

1. Good riddance to bad rubbish.

[JohnnyLib2]

2. Some agencies have separated and will work with same-sex couples.

(Someone posted part of this about 10 days ago)

http://news.charlottediocese.net/n/component/content/article/60-roknewspager-us-world-news/1074-illinois-catholic-charity-to-split-from-diocese-offer-same-sex-adoptions