Church: Marriage Law Threatens Social Services
By Julie Bolcer
Homelessx390 | Advocate.com
http://www.advocate.com/article.aspx?id=102068
The Catholic Archdiocese of Washington, D.C. says that a proposed marriage equality law would destroy its ability to provide social service programs for the city by forcing the church to comply with laws prohibiting anti-LGBT discrimination.
While religious groups would not be required to perform or accommodate same-sex wedding ceremonies under the new law, they would be required to obey other anti-discrimination measures, and that poses a problem for the archdiocese, according to the Washington Post.
“Fearful that they could be forced, among other things, to extend employee benefits to same-sex married couples, church officials said they would have no choice but to abandon their contracts with the city,” the Washington Post reported.
The church’s social services arm, Catholic Charities, partners with Washington, D.C. to provide services for adoptions, homelessness and health care for tens of thousands of residen
They treathen to withdraw assistance for millions innocents lest they be compelled to abandon their wicked un-christian prejudices against gay people. They've got no shame.
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