Richie - I'm *not* equating a priest with a hospital employee. That's my ENTIRE POINT! They are NOT the same!
But I noticed you didn't address the fact that some Catholic-run organizations ARE providing contraception coverage.
Occam's Razor tells me that the Catholic Bishop's Conference (if memory serves, they're the ones that started protesting the mandate last month) is the right hand that doesn't know what the left hand is doing. That's the simplest explanation for the seeming inconsistency.
I have to be honest that I was *shocked* to find out the bit about Georgetown - the very institution that was at the center of the latest round of publicity on the subject.
And about Catholic Charities and the adoptions? I was surprised to find out that they accepted nearly $2.9B from the U.S. Government (out of a total of $4.7B - $140M coming from diocesan churches).
There's long been a tenet that, if you accept government money, you have to abide by government rules. Catholic Charities, Inc. made their decision. Apparently, Peter Meade (Chairman of the Board of Catholic Charities, Boston) thought differently. I think it's important to note that Catholic Charities, Boston board was "dominated" by lay-people. That's when the Archbishop got involved..
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On February 28, 2006, Archbishop Sean P. O'Malley and Hehir met with Governor Mitt Romney to make the case for an exemption from the state's non-discrimination statute, but Romney told them he was unable to help. They considered and rejected the idea of a lawsuit. On March 10, O'Malley and leaders of Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Boston announced that the agency would terminate its adoption work effective June 30, rather than continue to place children under the guardianship of homosexuals.
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Yeah. Mitt Romney. THAT Mitt Romney.
Evidently, to that point, Catholic Charities, Boston had placed 13 of 720 kids with homosexual couples.
There are similar stories from Illinois and D.C.. However, I can't find references to other states offhand. The rest of the information *IMPLIES* that adoptions are still provided.. Going to their website, it appears that's correct..
Adoption - Catholic Charities USA
So Catholic Charities DO still perform or facilitate adoptions.