{"id":567722,"date":"2021-06-18T11:22:04","date_gmt":"2021-06-18T15:22:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=567722"},"modified":"2021-06-18T11:22:06","modified_gmt":"2021-06-18T15:22:06","slug":"scotus-unanimously-sides-with-catholic-foster-agency-that-excludes-same-sex-couples","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/scotus-unanimously-sides-with-catholic-foster-agency-that-excludes-same-sex-couples\/","title":{"rendered":"SCOTUS unanimously sides with Catholic foster agency that excludes same-sex couples"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fscotus-unanimously-sides-with-catholic-foster-agency-that-excludes-same-sex-couples%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=567722&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"attachment_2429263\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2429263\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FILE \u2013 This June 8, 2021 file photo shows the Supreme Court building in Washington. A Thursday, June 17, 2021 Supreme Court ruling that favored Catholic Social Services in Philadelphia. (AP Photo\/J. Scott Applewhite)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 8:17 AM PT \u2013 Friday, June 18, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>The Supreme Court unanimously voted to protect a Catholic foster agency\u2019s First Amendment rights. In a unanimous decision on Thursday, the high court ruled in favor of the group <a href=\"https:\/\/cssphiladelphia.org\/\">Catholic Social Services<\/a> (CSS), allowing them to continue participating in Philadelphia\u2019s foster care system. The city was attempting to exempt CSS from receiving contracts due to their belief of not fostering to same sex couples.<\/p>\n<p>Lori Windham, a lawyer who argued on behalf for the Catholic foster agency, said Philadelphia violated free speech guarantees while demonstrating hostility toward the group\u2019s religious beliefs. She said the decision made by the highest court in the land is a \u201ccommon sense ruling in favor of religious social services.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have certainly heard concern leading up to the decision and we heard the arguments in in the courts below, but I think that today\u2019s decision, because it is unanimous, shows that the courts have really shown that there is a right way to do this,\u201d Windham stated. \u201cAnd that is to leave options open for religious agencies and those who want to partner with them, and so what I\u2019m hopeful we will see is common sense solutions that leave room for everyone to be able to participate in the foster care system.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Supreme Court\u2019s 9-0 Fulton decision rejected another instance of gov\u2019t hostility toward religious freedom. Catholic Social Services has demonstrated for more than a century that religious beliefs motivate service to the vulnerable &amp; merit protection.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2CoKWN1VMQ\">https:\/\/t.co\/2CoKWN1VMQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kay C. James (@KayColesJames) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KayColesJames\/status\/1405613416325259264?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 17, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Chief Justice John Roberts wrote:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCSS only wishes to continue serving children in a manner consistent with its religious beliefs and the city refusing access to contracts would violate the group\u2019s First Amendment rights.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For more than a century, CSS has helped provide foster care services throughout the U.S.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/rep-lance-gooden-pledges-to-rein-in-big-tech\/\">Rep. Lance Gooden Pledges To Rein In Big Tech<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FILE \u2013 This June 8, 2021 file photo shows the Supreme Court building in Washington. 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