I can't remember if it was just MA or the entire US, but Catholic Charities stopped doing adoptions here recently because the law required them to allow gay parents to adopt, which they refused to do. Adoptions was their original purpose if I'm not mistaken--to compensate for the ban on abortion. Thinking probably was, well if we are going to force people to have unwanted children the least we can do is take care of them for the unprepared parents. But because they don't support gay couples, they don't support them having children. It was very controversial as you can well imagine--The government thought about having an exception for religious organizations, then thought the better of it.
How did you discover Gene and the chat? Are you a DC transplant, or is the column syndicated there? (I realize those aren't the only options.) --- In [email protected], "Gina Ellis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > States-righters might shudder, but here in Canada (so, no, I won't be at > your bowling event) the parliament has just declined to reopen the gay > marriage thing - so it's definitively settled now:- Provinces have some > regulations about marriage (who can be an officiant, etc.), but the > definition of marriage is federal, and now it's any two people. (Of course > the more-than-two-people crowed, ranging from Mormon fundamentalists to > up-to-date polyamorists are gearing up to lobby for broadening the > definition of marriage even more... I say forget marriage. Any number of > people of whatever genders should just go to a lawyer's office and draw up a > contract that suits them.) > > I'm not surprised that Canada has accepted gay marriage, but the land of the > free (that's you guys) are lagging behind Spain (hey, it's so progressive > these days that the Catholic church there supported gay marriage until the > pope slapped them down) and South Africa. > > _________________________________________________________________ > Off to school, going on a trip, or moving? Windows Live (MSN) Messenger lets > you stay in touch with friends and family wherever you go. Click here to > find out how to sign up! http://www.telusmobility.com/msnxbox/ >
