British Commission Says Adoption Charity Must Serve Gay Parents
June 3, 2009
A Catholic charity in England has lost its appeal to regulators to allow its adoption service to refuse prospective parents who are gay, Third Sector Online reports.
Catholic Care had sought permission to discriminate under a 2007 British gay-rights law, which permits exemptions for charities under some circumstances. The U.K. Charity Commission denied the exemption, and the ruling was upheld by a three-member tribunal.
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