High Court to hear Catholic Care gay adoption case 7

Carl Allen
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3 Mar 2010

In law, there is equality and there is equity.

There is no practical necessity, for the forseeable future, to force or even nudge Catholic Care where it does not want to go.

Indeed the legal and civil society question here is whether equality trumps equity in this particular matter.

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Clare Tate
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2 Mar 2010

I think its wrong to force the Catholic Care agency to accept same sex couples, why make them accept something that they do not believe in?

There are other agencies that do accept same sex couples, so what is the benefit if another good agency closes because they do not comply with this ruling?

It doesn't make sense to have fewer agencies for an ever increasing problem.

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Chris Vogel
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2 Mar 2010

Traditionally, Roman Catholic childcare charities took as their main function not letting children from RC households fall in to the hands of Protestants. More recently, deterring abortion was added. Ironic, since gay and lesbian couples are well known in the field for adopting or fostering children that heterosexual won't accept: disabled, minority, and infants born of HIV+ women (since the child will continue to test HIV+ for up to six months, even if not actually infected.)

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