Rockford Catholic Charities has announced it will discontinue
state-funded adoption and foster care services, which will displace 350
area children.
This comes just days before the state’s first Civil Union
licenses will be made available, and after multiple attempts were made
in the General Assembly to ensure Catholic Charities' right to effectively
discriminate against a prospective parent on the account of their own
religious beliefs. The Civil Unions bill passed last year
does not specify adoption rights.
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