We hear constant cries from the Left about how their policies are "for the children". But when the rubber hits the road, and the choice is between the radical leftist agenda or the well being of children, the children are sacrificed every. single. time. Kids are props for Leftists with an agenda, and nothing more.
And what is next... C'mon, you know it's coming. I've been calling this for years, ever since homosexuals began outwardly pushing for marriage. Government is now requiring that homosexual couples be "considered" for adoption and foster parenting. Next will be quotas. Affirmative action, demanding that homosexual couples are treated "equally", which to liberals, means "preferentially".
Bishops Say Rules on Gay Parents Limit Freedom of ReligionRoman 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 state’s social service network for poor and neglected children.The bishops have followed colleagues in Washington, D.C., and Massachusetts who had jettisoned their adoption services rather than comply with nondiscrimination laws.
For the nation’s Catholic bishops, the Illinois requirement is a prime example of what they see as an escalating campaign by the government to trample on their religious freedom while expanding the rights of gay people. The idea that religious Americans are the victims of government-backed persecution is now a frequent theme not just for Catholic bishops, but also for Republican presidential candidates and conservative evangelicals.
“In the name of tolerance, we’re not being tolerated,” said Bishop Thomas J. Paprocki of the Diocese of Springfield, Ill., a civil and canon lawyer who helped drive the church’s losing battle to retain its state contracts for foster care and adoption services...
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