"It's not often the California supreme court gets it right!?"
The Catholic Charities supervisor told the priest: "We get government funds, so we are not Catholic."
Why do some of us donate money to Catholic Charities when the "management" feels thusly?
The ruling then, because the management of the charity conforms to government rather than Godly regulations, means that the term Catholic Charities is an oxymoron and redundant and that this is just another example of why the Catholic Church's new face needs a scrubbing!
Quite frankly, because we see the sort of work that they actually do. Despite what the article mentions about them not specifically counseling against abortion, I can think of no other charity in the US that has prevented more abortions by offering women other, and superior, options.
Defund them, and that will stop. Have you considered earmarking your contributions?
what did you mean by commenting:
"It's not often the California supreme court gets it right!?"
This recent commentary from traditio.com explains the situation....
The truth is out. Catholic Charities are not Catholic. The California Supreme Court has upheld the Court of Appeals and ruled that Catholic Charities does not meet the requirement of being a religious employer, that Catholic Charities is not really "Catholic." Therefore, Catholic Charities will be forced to provide abortion coverage for its employees.
State law requires that to be considered as religious, an employing organization must meet all of the following criteria:
The inculcation of religious values is the purpose of the entity.
The entity primarily employs persons who share the religious tenets of the entity.
The entity serves primarily persons who share the religious tenets of the entity.
The entity is a nonprofit organization as described in...the Internal Revenue Service Code of 1986, which reads, "churches, their auxiliaries, and conventions or associations of churches ... and the exclusively religious activities of any religious order."
Catholic Charities' own statement admitted that it was not religious or Catholic, but social and oecumenical:
The corporate purpose of Catholic Charities is not the direct inculcation of religious values. Rather, [its] purpose...is to offer social services to the general public.
Catholic Charities does not primarily employ persons who share its Roman Catholic religious beliefs, but, rather, employs a diverse group of persons of many religious backgrounds.
Catholic Charities serves people of all faith backgrounds, a significant majority of [whom] do not share [its] Roman Catholic faith.
Catholic Charities ... is not a nonprofit organization. Consequently,...Catholic Charities is not entitled...to an exemption
It is hard to take exception to the California Supreme Court. Catholic Charities by its own definition is not "Catholic"! We hope that next the courts will find that the New Order dioceses are not Catholic either.
More bang for the buck.