3 strikes – you are out…
Where do I start? This story has a lot to be disturbed about.
Mitt Romney is finally signally an openness to working with the Catholic bishops on an exemption from the requirement that they allow adoptions through Catholic Charities. I wonder why the change of heart. It couldn’t have anything to do with presidential aspirations, could it?
The 42 member board of the Catholic Charities of Boston is on record unanimously in favor of continuing to allow gays to adopt. I am really concerned that the entire board is in favor of this. Maybe it is time for either a new board or at least some elementary religious education. I agree with the Bishop’s that this is a challenge to the religious freedoms of the Church. I would expect the board of Catholic Charities to support the Bishop’s instead of resigning in protest. Here is an exerpt from the resignation letter of Peter Meade, a vice president at Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts. He is quoted as calling the Bishops’ action “an unnecessary, unmitigated disaster for children, Catholic Charities, and the Archdiocese of Boston.”
Ropes & Gray, a major Boston law firm has pulled out of providing legal work assisting the Bishop’s in their effort. Not sure what to make of that. Maybe they were just not up to fighting the good fight.
The Massachusetts bishops’ statement was signed by Archbishop Sean O’Malley of Boston and Bishops George Coleman of Fall River, Robert McManus of Worcester, and Timothy McDonnell of Springfield.
How about a big round of applause for these folks and their efforts to provide the best homes possible for these children.
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