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Bishops Applaud New Trump Administration Rule Allowing Anti-LGBTQ Discrimination

January 19, 2021/7 Comments/in Hierarchy, Marriage & Family, Politics & Human Rights, Religious Liberty, Schools & Youth /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

The U.S. bishops have expressed their appreciation for a new Trump administration rule that would allow federally-funded social service service providers to discriminate against LGBTQ people. Read More

Pope’s Affirmation of “Right to Family” Can Help LGBTQ Youth in Foster Care

December 22, 2020/5 Comments/in Marriage & Family, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Politics & Human Rights, Pope Francis, Schools & Youth, Theology & Church Teaching, Uncategorized /by Guest Contributor

As Pope Francis has consistently emphasized, mercy encounters persons and their needs, not their moral infractions. When Catholic families and communities learn to see others with these eyes, new horizons in how we imagine the extent and diversity of our families may well unfold. Read More

Anti-LGBTQ Stigma in Court Case Could Lead to Discrimination Based on Race, Gender, Etc.

November 6, 2020/2 Comments/in Hierarchy, Marriage & Family, Politics & Human Rights, Religious Liberty, Uncategorized /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Fulton v. City of Philadelphia yesterday, a case which hinges on whether religious institutions can be exempt from non-discrimination protections. In this case, the specific circumstances involve sexual orientation, but one legal scholar argues Fulton could open the door for other types of discrimination, too. Read More

U.S. Bishops Join Trump Administration in Seeking to Discriminate Against LGBTQ Parents

June 15, 2020/3 Comments/in Marriage & Family, Politics & Human Rights, Religious Liberty, Schools & Youth, Uncategorized /by Brian Kaufman

Several Catholic groups have filed friend-of-the-court briefs with the U.S. Supreme Court, advocating discrimination against same-gender married couples by faith-based adoption and foster care providers in Philadelphia. Read More

Catholic Agency’s Challenge Before U.S. Supreme Court Could Upend Non-Discrimination Law

March 3, 2020/2 Comments/in Employment Issues, Gender Identity, Healthcare, Marriage & Family, Politics & Human Rights, Religious Liberty, Schools & Youth, Uncategorized /by Melissa Feito

The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) has agreed to hear a case that may dramatically change laws regarding religious exemptions from non-discrimination laws. Read More

With Chaput Out, Philadelphia’s New Archbishop Should End Church’s Anti-LGBTQ Lawsuit

January 30, 2020/5 Comments/in Hierarchy, Marriage & Family, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Politics & Human Rights, Pope Francis, Religious Liberty, Schools & Youth, Uncategorized /by Robert Shine, Managing Editor

Pope Francis appointed a new leader for Philadelphia last week, naming Nelson Pérez as archbishop and ending the tenure of his caustic predecessor, Charles Chaput. While repairing the damage Chaput inflicted on LGBTQ Catholics and their communities will take time and intentionality, one simple step Pérez could take to promote goodwill is ending the archdiocese's lawsuit against LGBTQ rights. Read More

Multiple Dioceses Challenge Anti-LGBTQ Non-Discrimination Protections in Adoption, Foster Care Services

November 24, 2019/5 Comments/in Hierarchy, Marriage & Family, Parish Life & Pastoral Care, Politics & Human Rights, Schools & Youth, Uncategorized /by Brian Kaufman

Catholic dioceses in Texas and Pennsylvania are challenging anti-LGBTQ non-discrimination protections tied to government funding of adoption and foster care services, protections that the Trump administration seeks to gut at the federal level. Read More

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