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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 argu...

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 promot...