{"id":20867,"date":"2018-09-04T13:24:34","date_gmt":"2018-09-04T13:24:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/?p=20867"},"modified":"2018-09-04T14:51:26","modified_gmt":"2018-09-04T14:51:26","slug":"20867","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/2018\/09\/20867\/","title":{"rendered":"Catholics resist: &#8220;We choose the side of love, and ask for you to do the same. 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It is both within your power and your religion,&#8221; the letter states.<\/p>\n<p>via <a href=\"https:\/\/buffalonews.com\/2018\/08\/31\/some-catholic-charities-workers-oppose-bishops-decision-to-end-adoption-program\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Buffalo News<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The issue has already led to a departure from the board of trustees at Catholic Charities. Julie R. Snyder, vice president of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Western New York, submitted her letter of resignation on Friday. In addition, the name of board member Christina Orsi, associate vice president for economic development for the University at Buffalo, no longer appears among the roster of board members listed on the Catholic Charities website.<\/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>A group of Catholic Charities workers in Buffalo, New York is protesting the diocese&#8217;s decision to close down the adoption<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":20885,"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 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Catholics resist: &quot;We choose the side of love, and ask for you to do the same. 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