Catholic Church loses fight to discriminate ..

[Busyman™]

The Catholic Church wants to discriminate against gay couples who want to use their adoption services, contrary to the law. They already discriminate against women, and cover up sexual abuse by gay clergy, but now they are bringing their prejudices out into the open.


Cabinet rejects exemption on gay adoptions

Compromise means Catholic church will not be given special treatment

Will Woodward and Severin Carrell
Thursday January 25, 2007
The Guardian

The Catholic church is almost certain to lose its battle for special treatment over gay adoption rules under a deal agreed by the cabinet to heal damaging divisions between senior ministers. Cabinet sources said the new proposals would require Catholic adoption agencies to consider gay couples - or close down - after a reasonable delay that would allow them to ensure that the children in their care are properly dealt with.

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It's against what the Church teaches. Wtf?!!

Gays should fuck off and use another agency then.

[Ava Estelle]

Corrected!

Insofar as I've been able to follow this thread, I was curious about how anyone would judge the viability/desirability of either of these four situations relative to the other:

1. An infant/child is adopted into the loving home of a heterosexual couple of Catholic or other faith.

2. An infant/child is adopted into the loving home of a homosexual male or female couple of Catholic or other faith.

3.An infant/child is adopted into the loving home of a heterosexual couple of no-or-indeterminate faith.

4. An infant/child is adopted into the loving home of a homosexual male or female couple of no-or-indeterminate faith.



Discuss...

[Ava Estelle]

It's against what the Church teaches. Wtf?!!

Gays should fuck off and use another agency then.

What about if the adoption agency wanted to discriminate against black people, would that be OK, as long as it's what they teach?

[Busyman™]

I appreciate you may point out that even though there are gay people of faith that it's still "sin", but "sin" or not living by the doctrines is not unique to gay people.

Professing that one is gay is an entire lifestyle choice that is contradictory to Church doctrine so I'd understand the adoption agency saying to fuck off.

I also understand the law not giving an exemption to a Catholic adoption agency. Being a church is one thing but they are expected to conduct themselves within the law when it doesn't involve the church specifically.

[Busyman™]

It's against what the Church teaches. Wtf?!!

Gays should fuck off and use another agency then.

What about if the adoption agency wanted to discriminate against black people, would that be OK, as long as it's what they teach?

You posted while I posted. Read above.

[vidcc]

Professing that one is gay is an entire lifestyle choice that is contradictory to Church doctrine so I'd understand the adoption agency saying to fuck off.

Is being heterosexual a "lifestyle choice"?

[Busyman™]

Professing that one is gay is an entire lifestyle choice that is contradictory to Church doctrine so I'd understand the adoption agency saying to fuck off.

Is being heterosexual a "lifestyle choice"?

Ahh you got me there. Obliterate the word choice or insert can be for is.

[Ava Estelle]

Is being heterosexual a "lifestyle choice"?

Ahh you got me there. Obliterate the word choice or insert can be for is.

Professing that one can be gay is an entire lifestyle choice that is contradictory to Church doctrine so I'd understand the adoption agency saying to fuck off.

That makes even less sense!

[MagicNakor]

It seems obvious to me that any religious organisation would use it's own teachings as a major part of that vetting process. I can't really see how they would do anything else. Whether that's "right" or not is another matter.

So which is the greater sin: homosexuality or heathenism? I'm genuinely curious; I know that there's a ranking system.

[ilw]

It's against what the Church teaches. Wtf?!!

Gays should fuck off and use another agency then.

we're not talking about getting a fridge/freezer here, the real question here is whether the catholic church is still a suitable agency to handle adoptions. If they can't accept this ruling on homosexual couples then apparently the answer is no.