Rockford Catholic Charities ending foster care

Rockford Catholic Charities ending foster care

Catholic Charities of Rockford told staff today that the agency plans to discontinue its state-funded adoption and foster care services to avoid liability if state law requires them to place children with couples in civil unions.
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Ill. diocese ends adoptions over gay rights law

A Catholic diocese in northern Illinois said Thursday that it will end its state-funded adoption and foster-care program rather than comply with a new law that would require it to place children with gay or unmarried couples, and officials said other dioceses would decide quickly whether to follow suit.