More ‘charitable’ discrimination from Catholic Dioceses in Illinois
Looks like it’s more of the same when it comes to choosing discrimination over charity and good deeds for Catholic Charities in Illinois. Two more diocese have informed the Illinois Department of...
View ArticleCatholic Charities lawsuit seeks to use tax dollars to discriminate
Catholic Charities in Illinois continues to make news in the wake of the state’s passage of the Religious Freedom Protection and Civil Union Act, which granted Illinois’ same-sex couples some...
View ArticleJudge halts Illinois from ending Catholic Charities adoption contracts… for now.
Illinois has decided to end its involvement and financial contracts for Catholic Charities’ adoption and foster services in the wake of the religious organization’s refusal to follow the state’s new...
View ArticleNew civil union numbers for Cook County, Illinois
It seems like couples are still lining up to get civil unions at a steady pace in Cook County. The county clerk’s office issued 831 civil union licenses in June and another 125 in the first half of...
View ArticleIllinois Catholic Church’s ‘moral authority’: Abuse victim gets $6.3 million
The Catholic Church in Illinois just can’t keep out of the news lately… And none of it is good. The Diocese of Belleville has finally paid the jury-awarded judgement to a man who was sexually abused as...
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Child welfare groups join case against Illinois Catholic Charities
More news from the ever-evolving case of Catholic Charities versus the state of Illinois over the newly passed civil unions law. Lambda Legal, the national legal organization committed to the civil...
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Judge: Illinois can drop Catholic Charities over discrimination
A judge in Sangamon County, Illinois has ruled that the state does not have to renew its foster and adoption contracts with Catholic Charities. Illinois ended the over $30 million dollars in annual...
View ArticleCatholic Charities to appeal Illinois adoption ruling
A lawyer representing Catholic Charities in Illinois has now said they will appeal a circuit judge’s recent decision saying that the state was not required to continue contracting adoption and foster...
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Catholic Charities denied stay in Illinois adoption contract case
The ongoing legal battle between Catholic Charities and the state of Illinois over the organization’s state-funded contracts, and their refusal to grant adoption and foster care services to same-sex...
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Catholic Charities ends Illinois adoption lawsuit
The legal battle between Catholic Charities and the state of Illinois over the organization’s state-funded adoption and foster care contracts, and their refusal to grant those services to same-sex...
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