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Image via Wikipedia BELLEVILLE, ILLINOIS, February 1, 2012, ( LifeSiteNews.com ) – What’s in a name? Sometimes more than meets the eye. Catholic Social Services of Southern Illinois is changing its name to Christian Social Services of Illinois as of today, but the shift is more than one of semantics. The social agency is ending its 64-year affiliation with the Diocese of Belleville so it can provide adoptions to homosexual couples. “CSS has chosen to become independent of the Catholic Diocese of Belleville in order to adhere to the new State of Illinois Religious Freedom Protection and Civil Union Act and to avoid closing the agency,” the formerly Catholic service  stated  in a press release. It added, “The mission and values of Christian Social Services will remain the same.” Gary Huelsmann, the agency’s executive director, said, “Although we are sad to lose our Catholic identity, we are excited to be able to broaden our base of support to other Christian traditions .”...

Image via Wikipedia BELLEVILLE, Illinois,  – A Catholic agency in Illinois severed ties with its diocese last week in order to comply with a state law forcing adoption agencies to place children with homosexual couples. The head of the former Diocese of Belleville child welfare agency, now called Christian Social Services of South Illinois , told LifeSiteNews they had “no choice” but to abide by the law after exhausting their legal options. Gary Huelsmann, executive director of the organization once known as Catholic Social Services of South Illinois, said the decision “boiled down to the Catholic Church needing to stay true to its core beliefs and the agency needing to care for all of these abused, neglected children.” “In order to be able to continue to do that with state funding we had to disassociate ourselves from the Church.  So it’s as simple as that,” he told LifeSiteNews. However, the agency’s decision to sever with the church has its prominent critics. In a colum...