Thursday, August 10, 2023
Massachusetts bans Catholic couple from fostering children due to beliefs on gender, sexuality, lawsuit claims
MA requires foster parents to respect 'a child's sexual orientation or gender identity'
A devout Catholic couple claims that Massachusetts banned them from participating in the state foster care system due to their religious beliefs.
In a federal lawsuit filed Tuesday by religious liberty group Becket Law, Mike and Catherine "Kitty" Burke specifically claim the state restricted them from fostering children in the state due to their adherence to Catholic teachings on gender, sexuality and marriage.
"After months of interviews and training, and after years of heartbreak, we were on the verge of finally becoming parents," the couple said in a statement. "We were absolutely devastated to learn that Massachusetts would rather children sleep in the hallways of hospitals than let us welcome children in need into our home."
The lawsuit claims that the state listed only one reason for denying the Burke's foster application, which was that they "would not be affirming to a child who identified as LGBTQIA."
Mike and Catherine "Kitty" Burke were banned from fostering children in Massachusetts due to their religious beliefs, according to a lawsuit. (Becket Law)
The lawsuit names Massachusets Health and Human Services Secretary Kate Walsh, Commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Children & Families Linda Spears, and others as defendants.
Massachusets Health and Human Services Secretary Kate Walsh is named as the lead plaintiff in Becket Law's lawsuit. (Mass.gov)
The lawsuit includes a copy of the letter the Burkes received notifying them that their application to be foster parents was denied.
"In order to be licensed as a foster/adoptive parent, a foster/pre-adoptive parent applicant must meet the following requirements: (1) A foster/pre-adoptive parent applicant must demonstrate, to the satisfaction of the Department the ability: (d) to promote the physical, mental, and emotional well-being of a child placed in his or her care, including supporting and respecting a child's sexual orientation or gender identity; (e) to respect and make efforts to support the integrity of a child's racial, ethnic, linguistic, cultural and religious background," the letter reads, quoting the state regulations for Standards for Licensure as a Foster/Pre-adoptive Parent.
Becket filed the lawsuit with the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts.
In addition, The CF Foster Child Bill of Rights states that every child "shall be...
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Wednesday, August 9, 2023
New Evidence Vindicates Trump’s 2020 Claims About Biden Corruption
Even as the federal government and social media platforms apparently colluded to suppress information about Hunter Biden’s laptop and other damning evidence related to Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden ahead of the 2020 election, his rival repeatedly levied harsh accusations on the campaign trail and during debates.
In the nearly three years since, a trove of new claims — many of which have been backed up by documentation — have further highlighted the Biden family’s apparent willingness to trade political influence for financial gain.
The evidence that has piled up throughout Biden’s first term appears to validate the concerns Trump brought to light during one September 2020 debate in particular.
“China ate your lunch, Joe,” the then-president declared at the time. “And no wonder your son goes in and … takes out billions of dollars. He takes out billions of dollars to manage. He makes millions of dollars. And also, while we’re at it, why is it — just out of curiosity — the mayor of Moscow’s wife gave your son three and a half million dollars?”
After Biden denied the claim, Trump added: “What did he do to deserve it? What did he do with Burisma?”
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“I think he did,” Trump insisted.
Biden went on to claim that the allegations against his family had been “thoroughly discredited” without offering any proof.
When Trump asked who had discredited the accusations of wrongdoing, Biden asserted that it was “the media.”
The next month, Biden and Trump squared off for another debate, this time in the wake of widely suppressed reports by...
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