Federal Judge: Catholic Church’s Position Against Homosexual Adoptions Justifies Government Hostility Towards Church

(Hat tip: Mark Shea)

From the Thomas More Law Center:

ANN ARBOR, MI – In its brief filed last week with the U. S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, the Thomas More Law Center urged the court to reverse a federal judge’s ruling that an anti-Catholic resolution of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors was constitutionally justified because the Church opposed adoptions by homosexual couples. District Judge Marilyn Hall Patel, a President Carter appointee and one-time counsel for the National Organization for Women (NOW), ruled that the Board resolution condemning Catholic moral teaching on homosexuality and urging the Archbishop of San Francisco and Catholic Charities of San Francisco to defy Church directives does not violate the Establishment Clause of the U.S. Constitution.

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Previous Pro Ecclesia posts on this subject:
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9th Circuit Rules Okay to Censor Terms "Marriage" and "Family Values" as Hate Speech

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San Fran Mayor Nixes Rome Trip Over Church Policy Against Homosexual Adoptions

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