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3 Feb 2007, 10:50 am
In Britain, organizations in the Jewish community differ somewhat in the extent of their support for the Catholic Church's strong opposition to new Sexual Orientation Regulations that will require religiously sponsored social service agencies treat gay and lesbian couples equally with heterosexual couples in placing children for adoption. [read post]
19 Feb 2017, 7:56 am by Howard Friedman
The exemption is allowed if at least 90% of its services are educational offerings in the context of the Church's social, cultural and educational mission. [read post]
9 Feb 2009, 7:00 am
"The Diocese provides various social services and educational services, such as Head Start programs through Catholic Charities of Brooklyn and Queens, and now we will look to cooperate in providing other educational services through independent Charter Schools. [read post]
7 Feb 2007, 10:50 pm
In Britain, it is not only Catholic social service agencies that are seeking an exemption from new regulations under the Equality Act-- scheduled to take effect in April-- that prohibit discrimination against gay and lesbian couples who wish to adopt a child. [read post]
19 Sep 2015, 5:54 pm by Howard Friedman
According to Religion News Service today, while it is expected that nearly 15,000 people will attend the reception, conservative Catholics and at least one Vatican official are upset at invitations that have been extended to "a number of gay Catholics and LGBT advocates, an openly gay Episcopal bishop, and to a nun who is a prominent social justice activist. [read post]
17 Apr 2007, 9:19 am
The children of Illinois will be better served by being transferred into the care of other social service agencies that follow the rules. [read post]
7 Nov 2018, 1:14 pm by Howard Friedman
 In the case, a Pennsylvania federal district court rejected Catholic Social Services challenges to the requirement that it not discriminate against same-sex couples in foster care placement. [read post]
21 May 2020, 5:41 pm by Nassiri Law
The case is one that could have far-reaching consequences for employees who work for religious institutions, including hospitals, camp counselors, cooks, administrators and social service centers that have religious affiliations. [read post]
23 Oct 2020, 8:45 am by ACLU
“And in this context, if Catholic Social Services can practice its beliefs in terms of turning away families because they’re same-sex, it is hurting others. [read post]
7 Aug 2013, 9:01 pm by Marci A. Hamilton
SB-131 fails to protect all victims of childhood sexual abuse, discriminates against Catholic schools and other private employers, and puts the Church’s social services and educational mission at risk. [read post]
22 May 2020, 9:22 am by Tom Smith
On May 26, 2020, Catholic and Lutheran churches will resume in-person worship services at 33% capacity of their respective facilities, while instituting the rigorous social distancing and hygiene protocols that they identified to you in their letters of May 7 and May 16, and in repeated discussions with your administration. [read post]
7 Jul 2016, 3:20 pm by Lynn Sessions and Suchismita Pahi
Catholic Health Care Services of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia (CHCS) recently agreed to enter into a $650,000 resolution agreement and a two-year corrective action plan (CAP) with the Office for Civil Rights (OCR). [read post]
26 Sep 2022, 7:50 am
Although there is not as much theological writing on taxation as there is on other social issues, Catholic social teaching does provide some guidance about the purpose, form and operation of a just tax system. [read post]
26 Sep 2022, 7:50 am by Christine Corcos
Although there is not as much theological writing on taxation as there is on other social issues, Catholic social teaching does provide some guidance about the purpose, form and operation of a just tax system. [read post]
14 Feb 2018, 3:31 pm by Charles J. Reid, Jr.
Unions, Francis makes clear, serve vital social functions. [read post]
27 Oct 2020, 8:06 am by Nelson Tebbe
Moreover, the new agency approached Thompson and all the other social service professionals who had been working for Catholic Charities and invited them to switch over as well. [read post]
17 Jun 2021, 9:01 pm by Leslie C. Griffin
Not one single Justice dissented in the whole case.Is there anything pro-LGBTQ rights people can do about this decision in favor of Catholic Social Services’ [CSS] religious refusal to consider LGBTQ couples as foster parents, even though Philadelphia law says they should? [read post]
29 Nov 2006, 5:30 am
The New York State Catholic Conference and other groups will ask New York's Court of Appeals (its highest court) to permit reargument of the case it decided last month in which it upheld a requirement that faith-based social service organizations and religiously affiliated hospitals include contraceptive coverage for women in any prescription plan that they offer their employees. [read post]
5 Nov 2009, 11:20 pm
The resolution criticized a directive from Catholic Cardinal William Levada instructing Catholic social service agencies to not place children in need of adoption with same-sex couples. [read post]
20 Jun 2021, 9:05 am by Tom Smith
(The city, the court ruled, had failed to observe its own exemption-making power, which it denied to Catholic Social Services.) [read post]