Does that mean the rest of the states were OK with Catholic Charities not allowing gays to adopt? That is the piece of info I was missing. I assume it doesn't mean that the Vatican only had a problem with it in MA. So MA is the only state that prohibits gay adoption discrimination? I had no idea. I guess it is related to the gay marriage thing. I wasn't sure if MA had always required gays to be allowed to adopt or it just happened as a result of gay marriage.
--- In [email protected], "josephfinnsondheim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > That's MA only at this point; the local bishops were apparently AOK > with not discriminating against adopters, but the Vatican came down > hard on them. It's really too bad - CC is a wonderful organization > that has brought joy to thousands of families, and the Vatican's > two-bit provincialism had to bring that to a stop in MA. > > --- In [email protected], "Ellen" <ellengoodman6@> > wrote: > > > > 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" > > <gina_ellis@> 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/ > > > > > >
