Comments on: Legislating Against Charity http://catholicexchange.com/2009/12/24/125402/ Catholic News, Catholic Articles, Catholic Apologetics, Catholic Content, Catholic Information Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:46:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.2 By: biggandyy http://catholicexchange.com/2009/12/24/125402/comment-page-1/#comment-44670 biggandyy Mon, 28 Dec 2009 18:32:00 +0000 http://catholicexchange.com/?p=125402#comment-44670 You guys have it wrong. The catholic charities program was terminated BY the catholic charities organizers as a result of D.C. voting to legalize gay marriage. You guys have it wrong. The catholic charities program was terminated BY the catholic charities organizers as a result of D.C. voting to legalize gay marriage.

]]> By: Legislating Against Charity » Blogs For Victory http://catholicexchange.com/2009/12/24/125402/comment-page-1/#comment-44662 Legislating Against Charity » Blogs For Victory Sun, 27 Dec 2009 14:04:51 +0000 http://catholicexchange.com/?p=125402#comment-44662 [...] The Truth About The New Democratic Majority by Matt Margolis and Mark Noonan.No surprise in our Age of Lies: It has been an interesting time around the Washington, D.C., area these last few [...] [...] The Truth About The New Democratic Majority by Matt Margolis and Mark Noonan.No surprise in our Age of Lies: It has been an interesting time around the Washington, D.C., area these last few [...]

]]> By: c-kingsley http://catholicexchange.com/2009/12/24/125402/comment-page-1/#comment-44645 c-kingsley Fri, 25 Dec 2009 18:15:06 +0000 http://catholicexchange.com/?p=125402#comment-44645 It would be nice if they could disobey and make the city force them to stop. Unfortunately, I think the way it is set up is that they have contracts / grants from the city to provide these services. The city will just not renew the contract if they refuse to comply. That's a problem when you accept government contracts -- eventually the Lilliputians start throwing one little thread after another around you until you discover that they actually do have the power to tell you what to do. I don't believe the city has the power to tell them they can't provide services, the city just won't pay them to do it anymore. (Although, with things like adoption, organizations need licenses. As in Boston, they can refuse to renew the license.) Without the government funding, Catholic Charities will probably have to lay off staff. It would be nice if they could disobey and make the city force them to stop. Unfortunately, I think the way it is set up is that they have contracts / grants from the city to provide these services. The city will just not renew the contract if they refuse to comply. That’s a problem when you accept government contracts — eventually the Lilliputians start throwing one little thread after another around you until you discover that they actually do have the power to tell you what to do. I don’t believe the city has the power to tell them they can’t provide services, the city just won’t pay them to do it anymore. (Although, with things like adoption, organizations need licenses. As in Boston, they can refuse to renew the license.) Without the government funding, Catholic Charities will probably have to lay off staff.

]]> By: noelfitz http://catholicexchange.com/2009/12/24/125402/comment-page-1/#comment-44642 noelfitz Fri, 25 Dec 2009 07:36:01 +0000 http://catholicexchange.com/?p=125402#comment-44642 I read that “[t]he District of Columbia City Council passed a law restricting the ability of Catholic Charities to continue its same level of social services to the city’s poor and homeless.” Also I read that “[m]isstatements about the archdiocese’s position intentional and otherwise began with headlines such as “D.C. Archdiocese Threatens to Axe Social Service Programs Over Same-Sex ‘Marriage’ Law.” Is Catholic Charities going to discontinue its level of social services in the District of Columbia? Happy Christmas and God bless us all. I read that “[t]he District of Columbia City Council passed a law restricting the ability of Catholic Charities to continue its same level of social services to the city’s poor and homeless.”

Also I read that “[m]isstatements about the archdiocese’s position intentional and otherwise began with headlines such as “D.C. Archdiocese Threatens to Axe Social Service Programs Over Same-Sex ‘Marriage’ Law.”

Is Catholic Charities going to discontinue its level of social services in the District of Columbia?

Happy Christmas and God bless us all.

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