Bostonist: Catholic Charities To Stop Doing Adoptions

Constitutionalist

Fri, 10 Mar 2006 22:10:05 -0500

From STATEMENT OF CATHOLIC CHARITIES, ARCHDIOCESE OF BOSTON ON ADOPTION PROGRAMS: Our goal continues to be to serve all those in need. This is just not true. The accurate version of this statement would be "Our goal continues to be to serve all those in need who meet our criteria of morality."

Constitutionalist

Fri, 10 Mar 2006 22:06:22 -0500

Missing the point again: For Kate, Jeff and Anonymoose (and anyone else making the same arguments). While you claim that the issue is a moral one, both on abortion and the rights of homosexuals, what you keep missing is the point I made before: this is a secular state. That means that your version of morality is not everyone else's. And that means that everything you argue is irrelevant to gay rights and abortion. This is not a theocracy. As much as you don't like that, it will - I powerfully hope - continue to be the case. As Catholics, you are entitled to your beliefs. As citizens under the US Consitution, you are not entitled to impose them on anyone else.

Kate

Fri, 10 Mar 2006 21:22:31 -0500

Myself, my older brother, and half my cousins were each adopted many years ago through Catholic Charities, and grew up in loving, STABLE, two-parent homes. I might be more sympathetic if Catholic Charities had been the *only* adoption resource for gays and lesbians. But it wasn't. It's unfortunate that there are those so very determined to push their own agenda on everyone else that they just don't care who else gets hurt.

jason

Fri, 10 Mar 2006 18:07:48 -0500

I say good riddance. People talk a good talk about all the great work religious organizations do, and sometimes with good reason, but there are many excellent secular organizations that are willing to do the same good deeds -- and sans the bigotry or religious agenda. CC's decision is no great loss to the state or adoptions.