Supreme Court to Consider LGBTQ Rights and Foster Care the Day After Election

Route Fifty: The Supreme Court will consider anti-discrimination laws and LGBTQ rights on Wednesday, taking up a case that could have a significant impact on state and local governments’ abilities to define their contracts with religious organizations providing social services.

The case in question, Fulton v. City of Philadelphia, revolves around a Catholic adoption agency in Philadelphia that refused to place foster children with same-sex parents. The agency, Catholic Social Services, had a contract with the city to screen foster parents, but used its own religious criteria in the evaluation process.

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