USCCB: support Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act
March 11, 2015
The chairmen of three committees of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) have offered their “strong support” for the Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act of 2015.
Sponsored by Rep. Mike Kelly (R-PA), the bill, according to the three bishops, would prohibit “discrimination by the federal government and state governments (and their subdivisions) against child welfare providers on the bases of their religious beliefs and moral convictions.”
“Unfortunately, in recent years, some religious child welfare providers in our country (including in Massachusetts, Illinois, California, and the District of Columbia) have been and continue to be excluded from carrying out adoption and foster care services because these providers believe that children deserve to be placed with a married mother and father,” Archbishops Thomas Wenski, William Lori, and Salvatore Cordileone added in their March 9 letter.
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