[Alberta's Child]

If Catholic Charities were truly a religious organization, then it could easily ignore the law without fearing too much of a backlash. The reality is that Catholic Charities does not have a specific religious mission, does not hire staff that are exclusively Catholic, and does not provide charitable services primarily to Catholics. In addition, its primary sources of revenue for its "charitable" work are Federal and state governments.

There was a lot of controversy in the last couple of years about an attempt by the government of San Francisco to impose their nihilistic requirements for birth control and abortion insurance coverage for all employers in the city. Catholic Charities fought this on religious grounds, but lost in court. The court cited the factors I listed above in determining that CC is not a religious organization, and after reviewing the facts of the case I had to agree with the court on that one.

[serendipity_kate]

"...and does not provide charitable services primarily to Catholics."

I assume you are not a Catholic if you think that a Catholic charity should provide charitable services primarily to Catholics.