Governor Pat Quinn several months ago signed into law a Civil Unions bill in Illinois which states that same-sex couples in civil unions can not be discriminated against (by organizations that get state money) and must be treated as a married couple. As a result of the passage of this legislation which goes into affect June 1, Catholic Charities has decided to end adoption/foster services. So yet again, a religious organization chooses ideology over truth.
Now I know that, at least in the minds of these people, they are doing what is best for the kids by not putting them with same-sex couples. The problem is that the empirical evidence, not only does not bare that out, but says the exact opposite. Every study of good repute says that same-sex couples are completely capable of raising happy, healthy kids. That, and the fact that there are not enough opposite-sex couples who are willing/able to raise adoptive children (or any children). As such, having same-sex couples adopt and foster kids helps to alleviate the problem. Unfortunately, time after time, facts fall on deaf ears when it comes to religious conservatives. More unfortunate, it is the children (who these people claim to care about) who will suffer the consequences.
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