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Illinois Catholic Charities close over adoption rule

Bishops say religious rights being trampled

By Laurie Goodstein

 |  New York Times  

  December 29, 2011

Catholic Charities in Illinois has served for more than 40 years as a major link in the state’s social service network for poor and neglected children. But now most of the Catholic Charities affiliates in Illinois are closing down rather than comply with a new requirement that says they can no longer receive state money if they turn away same-sex couples as potential foster care and adoptive parents.

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