re: #972 Throbert McGee

Passive voice is a dangerous thing. Catholic Charities bowed itself out of the adoption business in Mass. because they were unwilling to abide by a condition that the state government had set for accrediting adoption agencies — namely, that they be willing to place kids with same-sex couples.

Arguably, this requirement should never have become state law in the first place, but given that it was the law, Catholic Charities clearly didn’t have some sort of inalienable right to be a state-licensed adoption agency. (Because NO institution, religious or otherwise, has an alienable right to be in the adoption business; the state has a legitimate interest in setting conditions and restrictions for such licenses.)

Thank you, Throbert, you seem to have the most “balanced” take on this here (possibly even more so than mine). And you are correct, CC took themselves out of the business; and I am convinced (my opinion only), that no good came of this.