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Is this case of forcing values that goes against religion wrong?

Is this case of forcing values that goes against religion wrong?

  • Yes

    Votes: 8 61.5%
  • No

    Votes: 4 30.8%
  • Other

    Votes: 1 7.7%

  • Total voters
    13
A Roman Catholic adoption charity's appeal to be allowed to discriminate against gay people wanting it to place children with them has been rejected.

Catholic Care wanted exemption from new anti-discrimination laws so it could limit services provided to homosexual couples on religious grounds.

The Charity Commission said gay people were suitable parents and religious views did not justify discrimination.

BBC News - Catholic charity's appeal over gay adoption fails

I would personally love to hear what you guys have to say.

I believe in free association of the individual, business and charity.

I don't care if they discriminate against anyone, although I do think it hinders their ability to place a child in a loving home.
 
This happened in the UK, so its impossible to argue this one way or the other w/o knowledge of the relevant laws, etc.

In the US...
If said organization was operating with completely private funds, it has the right to refuse its services to anyone. If it was operating with state funds, then it cannot.

As best I can tell from the reading I have been doing on this, they are bound by the law(I forget it's name now) that protects against discrimination based on sexual orientation, that was enacted due to a EU proclamation. To get an exemption based on religion, they have to make a very strong case, and the commission rules that they did not succeed in doing so. I can if you want did up links to the relevant laws.
 
Obviously, enthusiasm within these Catholic adoption agencies will suffer as a result. No one, regardless of the issue, enjoys having pertinent issues--concerning the running of your institution--taken out of your hands.

I can only hope the judge weighed the lost enthusiasm--and subsequent dereliction of service concerning the most vulnerable in our society--against the supposed benefits of allowing these orphanages to be sued.
 
People are voluntarily placing their children with this Catholic agency to handle the adoptions. I suspect that the parents place their children with them because they want their children to be raised Catholic.

People who aren't going to raise their own children shouldn't get any say in how those children will be raised.
 
By the way Kaya, this was an awesome poll. It's a good one to make people think. Good job.
 
In this case, the law says that it is illegal for providers of a service to the public in Britain to discriminate on the grounds of sexual orientation. Religious bigotry is no excuse for not obeying the law. There are parallels to the case of the hoteliers who refused a gay couple their booked room.
 
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In this case, the law says that it is illegal for providers of a service to the public in Britain to discriminate on the grounds of sexual orientation. Religious bigotry is no excuse for not obeying the law. There are parallels to the case of the hoteliers who refused a gay couple their booked room.

Perhaps, in that I would say it's government overreaching its limits to infringe upon free enterprise.
 
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