Detroit, Mich., Mar 8, 2018 / 05:02 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- A lawsuit threatening a Catholic adoption service is political maneuvering that will do nothing to help children in need of loving homes, families and supporters told a federal court in Michigan during oral arguments this week.
In their latest dispute against a religious entity,
Dumont v. Lyon, the ACLU sued in September in order to prevent Michigan from working with faith-based adoption agencies that hold traditional views about marriage, including St. Vincent Catholic Charities.
A 2015 law, which was passed with the backing of the Michigan Catholic Conference, prevents state-funded adoption and foster agencies from being forced to place children in violation of their beliefs. The law protects them from civil action and from threats to their public funding. When the law was passed, about 25 percent of Michigan’s adoption and foster agencies were faith-based.
The media are reporting on what would seem to be an oxymoron: a “devout Catholic” who supports “abortion rights.” In this case, President Joe Biden.As the second U.S. president in
Jesuit Father James Martin, author and editor at large of America magazine, proclaims the Gospel at a Mass at St. Francis of Assisi Church in New York City June 29, 2019. Father Martin assisted the New York-based Tyler Clementi Foundation in contacting U.S. Catholic bishops about signing a statement of support for efforts to stop bullying of LGBT youth. (CNS photo/Gregory A. Shemitz) Jan. 27, 2021 Catholic News Service NEW YORK At least 10 U.S. Catholic bishops have signed a statement supporting the Tyler Clementi Foundation in standing up for at-risk LGBT youth in the United States and speaking out against bullying directed at them.
U.S. bishops support initiative to stop bullying of LGBT youth
Altar server Angelo Alcasabas prepares the altar during an annual Pre-Pride Festive Mass at St. Francis of Assisi Church in New York City June 29, 2019. (CNS photo/Gregory A. Shemitz)
By Catholic News Service • Posted January 27, 2021
NEW YORK (CNS) At least 10 U.S. Catholic bishops have signed a statement supporting the Tyler Clementi Foundation in standing up for at-risk LGBT youth in the United States and speaking out against bullying directed at them.
“As we see in the Gospels, Jesus Christ taught love, mercy and welcome for all people, especially for those who felt persecuted or marginalized in any way; and the Catechism of the Catholic Church teaches that LGBT people are to be treated with ‘respect, compassion and sensitivity, ” the bishops said in a statement released by the foundation Jan. 25.