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Mitt Romney's stealth promotion of Gay Rights

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Just released: The long-awaited print edition of  Mitt Romney 's Deception -- His Stealth Promotion of "Gay Rights" and " Gay Marriage "in Massachusetts ! POSTED: July 20, 2011 MassResistance researcher Amy Contrada's blockbuster book, Mitt Romney's Deception  is now available in print edition.  (See ordering information below!) It is the most complete coverage yet of Mitt Romney's record on these issues, as well as an overall review of how "gay marriage" and the homosexual agenda in the schools came to Massachusetts -- and ultimately to the rest of the country. What most Americans probably don't know about Mitt Romney The Mitt Romney who is introducing himself to voters on television and in early Republican primary states is a well-scrubbed version of the man who governed Massachusetts for four years.  Mitt Romney's Deception  reveals what the former Massachusetts Governor actually did regarding the important social issues of th

Catholic Charities hired firm founded by gay activist, accused of support for homosexual group

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Image via Wikipedia As Catholic Charities agencies across the country are fighting government efforts to shut down their adoption services, the group’s national office in Washington has employed a firm founded by a homosexual activist to lobby for them on Capitol Hill, the Washington Blade , a homosexual newspaper, reported recently. A spokesman for Catholic Charities USA (CCUSA) confirmed to LifeSiteNews that they hired the Sheridan Group, a lobbying firm founded by Tom Sheridan.  A self-professed “gay Catholic,” Sheridan began his lobbying career with the AIDS Action Council in the 1980s, and his firm has since represented numerous AIDS advocacy groups. At the same time, the dissident New Ways Ministry , which purports to support “LGBT” Catholics, claimed to the Blade that CCUSA and some local Catholic Charities agencies have been backing them “behind-the-scenes.” “Catholic Charities in general have been the most progressive wing of the church other than the nuns,” said Sist

Illinois to continue referring children to Catholic Charities, after gay unions flap

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Image via Wikipedia The state of Illinois has said it will continue referring new children for adoption and foster care to Catholic Charities in Illinois. The state backed down Monday in the face of an emergency motion, after telling media last week that they would cease the referrals over Catholic Charities’ unwillingness to allow homosexuals to adopt. Last week, a state judge had prevented the Department of Child and Family Services (DCFS) from ending its contract with the Catholic Charities agencies in the dioceses of Joliet , Peoria , and Springfield after they refused to place children with same-sex couples.  The Department, however, responded by simply ceasing referrals of new children to Catholic Charities, while technically leaving the contract intact by maintaining current cases. In an emergency motion Monday, Catholic Charities argued that the status quo under Judge John Schmidt ’s preliminary injunction included the continuation of new referrals.  They argued that J

Judge stops Illinois attempt to axe Catholic adoption services over gay adoption…for now

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Image via Wikipedia An Illinois judge has blocked the state’s attempt to end its contracts with Catholic Charities after they refused an order to participate in same-sex adoptions and foster care placements.  The move would have affected nearly 2,000 foster children . “We’re not going to be removing children from homes,” said Judge John Schmidt of the Sangamon County Circuit Court, according to the Chicago Tribune . “I can’t be any clearer.” Judge Schmidt ruled that the state’s contracts with Catholic Charities in the dioceses of Joliet, Peoria, and Springfield, which ran out June 30th, will continue until a full hearing on August 17th. On Friday, the state’s Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) informed the agencies that the state would not accept their contracts for fiscal year 2012 because they had “made it clear” that they would not comply with the new Illinois Religious Freedom Protection and Civil Union Act, which took effect June 1st. The bill’s promoters

News Print Article | Email Friend | Reprint Permissions Illinois ends contracts with Catholic adoption agencies over homosexuality

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Image via Wikipedia Illinois ’ remaining Catholic adoption agencies are seeking an emergency court injunction after the state ended their contracts last week over their refusal to participate in same-sex adoptions.  The state’s move would end a thirty-year-old partnership and affect 2,500 foster children . “They made a choice,” Gov. Pat Quinn, a Catholic himself, told reporters in a July 11th press conference.  “They have a law in Illinois. It’s the civil unions law. I signed it into law. We’re not going back. Any organization that decides that because of the civil unions law that they won’t participate voluntarily in a program, that’s their choice.” The Thomas More Society , acting on behalf of Catholic Charities in the dioceses of Peoria, Joliet, and Springfield, will ask a Sangamon County judge for an injunction Tuesday. The agencies had sued the state last month asking the court to declare that their policy of not recruiting unmarried couples for foster care was within the l

Illinois Catholic Charities forced out of adoptions over homosexual ‘rights’

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Image via Wikipedia The Catholic Diocese of Rockford , IL announced the closing of their adoption agencies last week, forced out of service due to new legislation that would oblige them to service homosexual couples. Catholic Charities of Illinois has been in business for more than 100 years, providing adoption and foster-care homes to hundreds of children.  Currently, the Diocese handles approximately 350 foster family and adoption cases in 11 counties in northern Illinois with a state budget of $7.5 million and 58 workers who will now no longer have jobs. The Diocese announced that the agency is being forced to opt out of contracting with the State of Illinois for these services because of the Illinois legislature’s failure to enact an explicit amendment to the new Illinois Religious Freedom Protection and Civil Unions Act.  The amendment failed despite the efforts of Catholic Charities directors and the lobbying efforts of the Catholic Conference of Illinois. The amendment