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Michigan Catholic Charities Office Allowed to Discriminate Against LGBTQ Parents

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A Michigan Catholic Charities office recently won a settlement against the state’s Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) over the issue of whether the church institution can refuse to work with LGBTQ couples seeking to adopt. Read More

Former Catholic Charities Head Denounces Bishops’ Defense of Adoption Discrimination

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A former Catholic Charities head has denounced the U.S. Supreme Court’s June 2021 ruling that allows religious adoption and foster care agencies to discriminate against LGBTQ client. The head also chastised the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB) support of such discrimination. Read More

Losing While Winning: Fulton v. Philadelphia

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Religious freedom must mean more for Catholics than requiring society to tolerate nonsensical and indefensible beliefs simply because they are religiously held. Read More

LGBTQ Catholics Express Relief, Disappointment at Supreme Court’s Adoption Ruling

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Today's post features reactions to the Fulton v. City of Philadelphia ruling from both Catholics and LGBTQ advocates. Read More

With Court Case Looming, Catholic LGBTQ Adoptive Families Tell Their Stories

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As LGBTQ people  await the outcome of Fulton v. Philadelphia, a U.S. Supreme Court case... Read More

Sr. Jeannine Gramick: Discrimination Under Religious Guise Must Not Be Allowed in Fulton Case

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Sr. Jeannine Gramick, the co-founder of New Ways Ministry, recently praised Bethany Christian Services' decision to work with LGBTQ adoptive and foster parents. She wrote more broadly about the need to end discrimination by social service agencies under the guise of religion. Read More

Why Pope Francis Was Missing From the Fulton Case

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One major figure in the tortuous saga of the Roman Catholic Church’s relationship with the LGBTQ+ community was noticeably absent from the U.S. Supreme Court yesterday: Pope Francis. Read More