Bishops Say Rules on Gay Parents Limit Freedom of Religion

[redstar826]

Roman Catholic bishops in Illinois have shuttered most of the Catholic Charities affiliates in the state rather than comply with a new requirement that says they must consider same-sex couples as potential foster-care and adoptive parents if they want to receive state money. The charities have served for more than 40 years as a major link in the

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[rex_dart]

[bellichka]

oh noooo, you receive state funds so you have to comply with state laws, bawwwww

[tabaqui]

I'm sorry, but your religious views are condemning children to living in orphanages or state homes. Simply because you're pearl-clutching over gay men and women fostering/adopting them. When Jesus (and god, really) said not one bloody *word* about homosexuality, but *did* say 'do unto others'.

You deserve no tolerance.

[kyra_neko_rei]

The state's interest here is to get these kids into good, loving, permanent homes. Does it really surprise these people that refusing to put kids into some of the good, loving, permanent homes is kind of contrary to the state's interest, and thus makes their organizations considered unfit for the contracts?

[tabaqui]

Apparently, it's a shocker!

[bushy_brow]

"In the name of tolerance, we're our bigotry is not being tolerated," said Bishop Thomas J. Paprocki...

Fixed that for ya!

[poetic_pixie_13]

[checkerblob]

<3

[redstar826]

omg, getting this comment in my inbox made me ridiculously happy <3 <3

[poetic_pixie_13]

I saw this post and I was thinking "there is calm, rational response to this somewhere in me....

..... fuck it. Gay parent spam!"

I actually have tons more photos but I don't want to kill people's bandwidth. I'm sure there'll be some more fail about gay parents soon enough anyway, I'll save it for then. XD