Supreme Court Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch
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Three members of the Supreme Court announced on Thursday that they would literally force orphan children to live in a group home or similar setting, rather than allow those children to be placed in foster care with a same-sex couple. Justice Clarence Thomas, Justice Samuel Alito, and Neil Gorsuch did not explain their reasoning in a brief order handed down by the Court, but the plaintiffs in this case made familiar arguments claiming that their religious liberty and free speech were violated.
The case is Fulton v. Philadelphia. Because only three members of the Court voted to stay a lower court decision rejecting the plaintiffs’ arguments, that lower court decision will remain in effect, and foster children will continue to be placed with same-sex couples.
Fulton involves the city of Philadelphia’s process for placing children in foster homes. The city contracts with 30 private agencies which help screen potential foster families and place children in suitable homes. Under the terms of their contract with […]
And so our country continues devolution into cruelty and stupidity a truly exceptional bunch we are. Again, I say this is trump’s dark gift if we are mature enough to accept it.
The US of A was not so great before him and could it be any clearer now that fundamental change is necessary. I have read some prophecies of future timelines that would see the US entering civil conflict causing a break up or a more peaceful constitutional devolution of power from Washington to states and regions. This would happen in the early to mid 2020s and it would seem to me that we headed that way. Whether the prophecies have any meaning or not for me is not the issue but that the US can not continue as it is, can not!
This case is not about religious liberty but about contract compliance. If Catholic Charities cannot comply with the terms of the City of Philadelphia due to it’s religious beliefs it should not accept public funds. If there are not enough agencies to do this work then the City of Philadelphia will need to raise it rate of payment.