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[q]Mass. Governor Proposes Gay-Adoption Bill Wed Mar 15, 6:21 PM ET
BOSTON - Gov. Mitt Romney proposed legislation Wednesday that would allow Catholic Charities to refuse to arrange adoptions for gay couples.
The Protecting Religious Freedom bill would exempt the agency from the state's anti-discrimination laws.
Catholic Charities, the social services arm of the Boston Archdiocese, has been placing children in adoptive homes for a century, but announced recently that it will stop doing so because of a state law that allows gays to adopt. The agency said that placing children with gay couples would violate the teachings of the church.
The governor has said that same-sex couples have a legitimate interest in adopting children, but that the services Catholic Charities provides are important, too.
"I believe it is important to safeguard religious liberty as well as the interests of our most vulnerable citizens," Romney said in a letter to lawmakers.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060315...TA_z35H2ocA;_ylu=X3oDMTA2ZGZwam4yBHNlYwNmYw--
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got to love it -- "religious freedom" is the new code word for "protecting our rights to practice blatant discrimination."
just replace the word "gay" with, say, "interracial" and see how it goes down.
BOSTON - Gov. Mitt Romney proposed legislation Wednesday that would allow Catholic Charities to refuse to arrange adoptions for gay couples.
The Protecting Religious Freedom bill would exempt the agency from the state's anti-discrimination laws.
Catholic Charities, the social services arm of the Boston Archdiocese, has been placing children in adoptive homes for a century, but announced recently that it will stop doing so because of a state law that allows gays to adopt. The agency said that placing children with gay couples would violate the teachings of the church.
The governor has said that same-sex couples have a legitimate interest in adopting children, but that the services Catholic Charities provides are important, too.
"I believe it is important to safeguard religious liberty as well as the interests of our most vulnerable citizens," Romney said in a letter to lawmakers.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060315...TA_z35H2ocA;_ylu=X3oDMTA2ZGZwam4yBHNlYwNmYw--
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got to love it -- "religious freedom" is the new code word for "protecting our rights to practice blatant discrimination."
just replace the word "gay" with, say, "interracial" and see how it goes down.