Citing the city's move to legalize same-sex marriage, Washington, D.C.'s Catholic diocese has stopped its 80-year foster care program, the Washington Post reports.The National Center for Children and Families assumed the 43 children, 35 families, and seven staff members who were tied to Catholic Charities' foster care program on Feb. 1.
The city government gives approximately $20 million to help fund Catholic Charities' adoption, homeless, and domestic violence services annually. However, since it is a Catholic operation, it does not condone gay marriage, therefore it would turn down gay and lesbian couples looking to adopt. Since such discrimination is against city policy, it is being forced to shut down its foster care services.
Though the church warned that gay marriage could lead to the end of its foster care program, city officials said that no other faith-based group that provides similar services have said their city contracts were in jeopardy.
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