Christian Adoption Agency Nixes Catholics

AP ^ | 07/15/05

[Graybeard58]

although I doubt the Catholics descriminate against other Christians.

They did not discriminate against me when I sought their assisstance with adoption and I am not Catholic. The adoption didn't take place for other reasons but the Catholic agency was very helpful.

They are the only agency locally that I am aware of that is doing something positive about the abortion abomination. They council teens not to abort but to let the baby live and they will care for it and find it a home.

They get this Baptists donations.

[fortunecookie]

Catholics are Christians.

[Paradox]

Like I said, you have a lot of anger.

And you are an anti-catholic bigot! And you have long nose hair too! And your voice smells! Your toes are too loud! Lemme see...

[Dionysius]

I grew up amidst the vicious anti-Catholicism of some protestants (especially the non-denominationals), the Masons and the KKK. I thank them now for it only made me more resolute in my faith. So it doesn't surprise me at all that this so-called Christian agency has taken this stance.

[Right Wing Professor]

Why is an agency that receives state money discriminating on the basis of religion anyway?

[nina0113]

Have you seen the Protestant "rosary"? It's a bracelet with each phrase of the "Prayer of Jabez" on a separate little link. One of my co-workers had a magazine that had a full-page ad for that on the back cover.

[DouglasKC]

Uh, you are kidding right? Every branch of Christianity that exists today as an organized religion traces itself directly back to Catholicism.

I would disagree with this statement, although I would agree that a Christian adoption agency has no excuse for not placing a child with a Catholic family.

[workerbee]

I'm pretty sure it'll be this part:

I believe that in all matters of faith and life, the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments are the final authority. The Scriptures point us with full reliability to Jesus, God’s Son. The Scriptures tell us that we receive forgiveness of sins by faith in Jesus Christ, and that God provides salvation by grace alone for those who repent and believe.

You know the drill.

[Skooz]

I see no such implication in wideawake's comments.

Really? He/she is the one who played the "heresy" card.

I think Christians who proseltyze to Catholics, making the claim they aren't "saved yet" because they don't believe and worship the way they do, are either ignorant, arrogant, or both.

I tend to agree. Of course, the same may be said for Catholics who insist that salvation may be obtained only through the Catholic Church.

[Mr. Lucky]

You started this on purpose, didn't you?

[Skooz]

That's the exact opposite of what I said.

Then I misunderstood.

[Warren_Piece]

I googled "Criteria Adopt through Catholic Charities" and got this document:

Diocese of Tulsa Adoption Services

Excerpt:

Criteria for Adoption We will not consider anyone who has ever committed, been arrested or convicted of any crime relating to domestic violence, child abuse or neglect of any child or other person. Criteria for a domestic adoption:

1) The couple must be at least 21 years of age and no more than 45 years difference between the age of either spouse and the age of the child.
2) The couple must be married in the Catholic Church.
3) The couple must be married at least five years. If you have not been married five years, your application may still be approved. However, a home study will not be initiated until the required five years have passed.
4) At least one spouse must be a practicing Catholic.
5) The couple must have no more than one child due to infertility problems.
6) Couples must reside in the Diocese of Tulsa, Oklahoma, the eastern most thirty-one counties in Oklahoma.

Note: One or more of the above requirements may be waived if adopting a special needs child.

So my memory was correct. This is not unusual. I don't like it from either side, though.

[wideawake]

Thanks.

By the same token, the Baptists are about the only non-Catholics up here in NJ who are willing to roll up their sleeves and help us fight abortion in our local ministries.

If it wasn't for Baptists, we'd be a lot worse off.

[fortunecookie]

I hear this up north also, mostly when I visit southern PA and parts of Ohio where I have relatives. And I have been told by well meaning folks when I ascertain that I am Catholic, that I am not Christian AT ALL. I don't get offended anymore. And as a once hopeful adoptive parent, I was brushed off and turned down flat from a Christian agency when I responded to their question about religion. The only turn down.

[Graybeard58]

Pinging Rodney King to post 30.

[exnavychick]

Excuse me? What are you trying to say to me?

[Sunshine Sister]

This is probably the most idiotic things I have ever seen.

[plain talk]

As the Savior, Jesus takes away the sins of the world," the statement says in part. "Jesus is the one in whom we are called to put our hope, our only hope for forgiveness of sin and for reconciliation with God and with one another."

Yep. Catholics believe in those things. It would interesting to take this further and see what other Christian denominations they do not work with.

[fortunecookie]

In fact, here in PA, Catholic Charities welcomes a variety of denominations into their programs. With no push to convert.

[AnAmericanMother]

I think it's mostly ignorance.

Back when I was an Episcopalian (seems like a long time ago) the kids would whisper in the hall at school about the monks out at Conyers . . . "they never change their robes - when one gets dirty, they just put another one on over it."

Even then, this seemed obviously false to me, because the monks would all look like the Michelin Man, and I said so. (First step towards Catholicism long ago? Seems like I've been defending the Church for a long time.)