http://www.alliancealert.org news from the frontlines of the culture war Thu, 24 May 2012 23:12:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/04/il-2200-children-in-the-balance-as-aclu-fights-catholic-charities-on-adoption/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/04/il-2200-children-in-the-balance-as-aclu-fights-catholic-charities-on-adoption/#comments Thu, 04 Aug 2011 14:22:32 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=109942 LifeSiteNews.com: On Monday, Sangamon County Judge John Schmidt agreed to let the American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois (ACLU) join the state’s battle against a lawsuit filed by four Catholic Charities agencies. Catholic Charities in Joliet, Peoria, Springfield, and Belleville filed the lawsuit against the state this summer, asking the court to declare that their policy of not recruiting unmarried couples, including same-sex couples, for foster care was within the law. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/04/il-2200-children-in-the-balance-as-aclu-fights-catholic-charities-on-adoption/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/01/aclu-challenges-catholic-charities-exclusionary-adoption-and-foster-care-policies-on-behalf-of-children-in-dcfs-care/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/01/aclu-challenges-catholic-charities-exclusionary-adoption-and-foster-care-policies-on-behalf-of-children-in-dcfs-care/#comments Mon, 01 Aug 2011 12:27:32 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=109588 PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --: Catholic Charities policy of providing state-funded adoption and foster care services in a fashion that excludes same sex couples does significant harm to children in the custody of the Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) and discriminates against same-sex couples who desire to act as foster or adoptive parents. These arguments are the focal point of a filing by the American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois, which moved late Friday (July 29, 2011) to intervene in a case brought by four Catholic Charities agencies (from Joliet, Springfield, Peoria and Belleville. | ACLU Filings ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/01/aclu-challenges-catholic-charities-exclusionary-adoption-and-foster-care-policies-on-behalf-of-children-in-dcfs-care/feed/ 0