Comments on: Catholics will stop social services if D.C. passes gay marriage law

By: wayne pelling

wayne pelling — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 02:21:39 +0000

We have a similar problem here in the State of Victoria Australia as regards abortion law reform,in that this nefarious law stops prolife health professionals from refusing to refer a woman seeking an abortion to a doctor whom will. in other words it is an attack on the right of conscience.The Arcdiocese even raised the issue of transferring their public hospitals over to the State Government-who already look after public hospitals-and walking away from health care. i believe that there may be challenge to this law in the High Court of Australia. tHE GREENS- a group with toxic policies in general- firmly supported this law and their one member of State Parliament is quite a bigot

By: Ryan

Ryan — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:16:48 +0000

Wow not enough caffeine yet, sorry about the typos.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:14:52 +0000

The title of this post is unfortunate. They are not withdrawing all social services, but those with contracts with the City/Government. This necessarily means a reorgination of how things are done, the RC church will never stop providing charity, but it does mean the end of many current programs government aided programs.

I believe this is the right thing to do – to borrow roughly from a non RomanCatholic – when ones conscience is bound to the Word of God it is not safe to against it.

By: wayne pelling

wayne pelling — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 03:43:52 +0000

I can understand the RCC walking away from adoption aspects of its Social service programs,given that the gaydom is inconsistent with Christian views of the family ,but to withdraw services in homelessness and health care would be going too far.

By: Peter Leavitt

Peter Leavitt — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:46:04 +0000

FWS, the fact remains that an excellent private/public partnership Catholic adoption agency had to shutter its doors due to the militant gays who managed to pass a law requiring such agencies to allow gay adoptions.

It’s well and good to be a purist and keep such agencies free of public funds, though in a reasonable world church-related adoption agencies who object to gay parenting ought to be exempt from such laws.

No wonder that the gay militants with these hardball tactics have lost the favor of the public when the issue of a gay marriage referendum comes up.

By: Peter Leavitt

Peter Leavitt — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:45:11 +0000

FWA, the fact remains that an excellent private/public partnership Catholic adoption agency had to shutter its doors due to the militant gays who managed to pass a law requiring such agencies to allow gay adoptions.

No wonder that the gay militants with these hardball tactics have lost the favor of the public when the issue of a gay marriage referendum comes up.

By: Dan Kempin

Dan Kempin — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:36:13 +0000

“Is this the right thing to do?”

Yes. Without hesitation, yes.

By: DonS

DonS — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:09:33 +0000

This is the right thing to do. As a faith-based organization, regardless of the good you are doing through your charitable efforts, your primary obligation is to stand up for and promote the tenets of your faith. In this case, the answer is obvious. Catholic Charities can no longer run social programs for the District. As Frank and others suggested above, they will need to conduct their charitable operations on their own, using their own private funding.

By: Rev. Joseph Eggleston

Rev. Joseph Eggleston — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:41:55 +0000

“Lutheran Social Services? like we Lutherans are near as involved as the Catholics with this stuff. ”

Bror,

Catholic Charities reports income of just under $4 Billion, annually. Lutheran Social Services reports $16.6 Billion. The Catholics claim a higher number of people served than LSS (over 8 million for the Catholics, with just under 6 for LSS) but the two are in the same ball park.

Whether or not the ELCA-affiliated agencies support the homosexual agenda or not, I can’t say; but Lutheran Social Services is a huge collection of service agencies. Its size and scope easily rivals any other.

By: Joe

Joe — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:11:33 +0000

Matthew 25 – no one is using abortion to prevent poor people for getting health care. People are opposing having the federal gov’t pay for abortions via the public option. Also, health care and health insurance are not the same thing.

Frank – Is dead right on the state funding aspect.