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Catholic couple says they were blocked from fostering child due to LGBTQ beliefs

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A Massachusetts couple suing the state’s Department of Children and Families (DCF) say they were “shocked” when they were first informed of the reason their foster application was denied.


I find this to be so incredibly sad. Of course, it's really not surprising that faithful Catholics are being discriminated against.
 

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Catholic Charities in MA, ended their adoption services because they were going to
be sued by the state for refusing to place children with same-sex couples. Instead of
using financial resources to fight the AG of the State, they just got out of the adoption
agency service.

They should've fought like Catholic Charities in Minnesota, as the SCOTU ruled in
their favor. The court ruled that the state could not force them to go against their
religious beliefs.

I hope the Catholic couple in the story wins!
 
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I find this to be so incredibly sad. Of course, it's really not surprising that faithful Catholics are being discriminated against.

It reminds me of that Dan Akroyd/Tom Hanks remake of Dragnet. The villains all belonged to an organization called PAGAN - People Against Goodness And Normalcy. We've gone the way of Cain.
 
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What's even sadder is that this form of discrimination will likely become even more and more common as time goes on. I mean, we have the Supreme Court on our side, and I'm grateful for that, but I don't see that stopping people and organizations from trying to discriminate against faithful Catholics and other Christians when it comes to the LGBTQ agenda. It's rather ironic that those who used to claim that they were discriminated against all the time are now the ones doing the discriminating.
 
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I find this to be so incredibly sad. Of course, it's really not surprising that faithful Catholics are being discriminated against.
In the U.K. adoption is also barred to Christian’s for the same reasons

I think it will not be too long before quoting some parts of the Bible will be declared hate speech.

in the U.K. you can get “ debanked ” if you don’t buy into trans nonsense.

Steve Ray raises a lot of this in a video “ swimming upstream life in a pagan world “
 
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In the U.K. adoption is also barred to Christian’s for the same reasons

I think it will not be too long before quoting some parts of the Bible will be declared hate speech.

in the U.K. you can get “ debanked ” if you don’t buy into trans nonsense.

Steve Ray raises a lot of this in a video “ swimming upstream life in a pagan world “

In Finland, there was a trial where someone was accused of hate speech because they quoted the Bible on homosexuality. Thankfully, she won her trial.

 
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In Finland, there was a trial where someone was accused of hate speech because they quoted the Bible on homosexuality. Thankfully, she won her trial.

Have you noticed - nobody dares say the same about the Quran.
Islamophobia is not only real, whether anyone dare say it or not, because it is justified by recent events.

I love the quote in your bio! I’m a fan of st Catherine!
 
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