{"id":20849,"date":"2018-08-24T16:18:10","date_gmt":"2018-08-24T16:18:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/?p=20849"},"modified":"2018-08-24T16:56:09","modified_gmt":"2018-08-24T16:56:09","slug":"catholic-charities-of-buffalo-ending-adoption-program-to-avoid-serving-gay-couples","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/2018\/08\/catholic-charities-of-buffalo-ending-adoption-program-to-avoid-serving-gay-couples\/","title":{"rendered":"Catholic Charities of Buffalo ending adoption program to avoid serving gay couples"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/emms_and_her_dads32718.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1198\" height=\"1194\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-20850\" srcset=\"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/emms_and_her_dads32718.jpeg 1198w, https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/emms_and_her_dads32718-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/emms_and_her_dads32718-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/emms_and_her_dads32718-768x765.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/emms_and_her_dads32718-1024x1021.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1198px) 100vw, 1198px\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"outstream_div\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0apntag.anq.push(function() {\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\/\/signal to script that this DOM element has been loaded and is ready to be populated with an ad\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0apntag.showTag('outstream_div');\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0});\n<\/script><\/div>\n<p>In recent weeks, a gay couple in the Buffalo, New York region submitted an application to be considered as foster or adoptive parents. In order to avoid working with gay parents, Catholic Charities of Buffalo is freezing its foster care\/adoption program.<\/p>\n<p>via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/buffalo\/news\/2018\/08\/23\/catholic-charities-to-phase-out-adoption-to-avoid.html\" target=\"_blank\">Buffalo Business First<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If we were to deliver those services, it would be in direct conflict with the teachings of the Catholic church,&#8221; CEO Dennis Walczyk said. That makes meeting the requirements of its contracts with the Erie County Department of Social Services and the New York State Office of Children and Family Services impossible, he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The contract we have with the county and also regulated by the state says we cannot discriminate based on many factors, including marital status,&#8221; he said. &#8220;We are a Catholic organization so we have to do what\u2019s consistent with the teachings of the church.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>photo via @emms_and_her_dads (<em>not involved with this case<\/em>)<\/p>\n<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#appId=172516468500&amp;xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:comments numposts=\"10\" width=\"425\" publish_feed=\"true\"><\/fb:comments><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In recent weeks, a gay couple in the Buffalo, New York region submitted an application to be considered as foster<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":20850,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,27,64],"tags":[482],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.3 - 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