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Today, the Supreme Court agreed to take up a case focused on religious liberty involving the city of Philadelphia’s refusal to work with Catholic Social Services over their decision to not place children with same-sex couples.
In March of 2018, the city of Philadelphia stopped allowing foster children to be placed in homes of families that worked with Catholic Social Services. The city has threatened to completely terminate the relationship between the group and itself if they do not denounce their religious beliefs, endorse same-sex marriages, and place children in same-sex homes.
In April 2019, the Catholic Social Services brought the city of Philadelphia to a Third Circuit court, who ultimately denied their request for a preliminary injunction. Then in July 2019, Becket, a law group focused on religious liberty cases, requested the case to be moved to the Supreme Court. Continue reading…
