ESTABLISHMENT CLAWS | Midwest Conservative Journal

by The Editor

In response to Cardinal Levada’s statement, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors passed a resolution denouncing the Vatican’s foreign meddling, demanding Levada retract his “hateful,” “insulting,” “discriminatory,” “callous”  and ignorant... ” Members of the Board of Supervisors also threatened to remove funding from Catholic Charities’ other programs unless they did defy the Vatican (The City was not funding the adoption program at Catholic Charities). The statement had particular significance for Levada’s former Archdiocese of San Francisco, whose Catholic Charities agency had been placing children for adoption with same-sex couples. Last Friday, an eleven-member panel of the Ninth Circuit Court dismissed a claim by Catholics in San Francisco that the City Board of Supervisors violated the Establishment Clause when they denounced Church teaching and urged the Archbishop of San... Early in 2006, Cardinal William Levada, Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, issued a statement clarifying that Church agencies should not place children for adoption with same-sex couples....

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"The Adoption Agency" with Entourage star Rex Lee as Kim Jong Il

Kim Jong Il matches wits with the screening committee at an American adoption agency as he seeks a worthy heir to take control after his death.

Adoption Agency?

Mar 03, 2008 by bulldogsfan | Posted in Adoption

My husband and I are just starting the adoption process. We know that we want a domestic adoption, and are open to race/ethnicity as well as open/semi-open/closed adoption processes. We have looked into several different agencies, but many seem to have

A: Do your research. Check out adoption boards where it is ok to discuss agencies. You need to go with an agency that other aparents have had good experiences with - and there are some very unethical and bad agencies out there. Ask what their average

adoption agency?

Jul 19, 2007 by sweetysl15 | Posted in Adoption

i need help finding an adoption agency..i need one that allows single women to adopt older children(ages 5-9) any help is appreciated
i dont think i could handle gettin used to a kid and then having them pulled from me when needed!
MIGHT i

A: First i would start with your local family services and get licensed as a foster parent. You will have to go through that first anyway to have a child placed in your home.
They have adoption fairs where you go and meet kids that can be adopted

How do you pick the best adoption agency?

Jun 09, 2009 by Wendy Jean | Posted in Adoption

My husband and I will (hopefully) begin the adoption process in September. We have been talking to AGAPE but I was wondering if there are other agencies I should consider using. And if we use one agency, can we still adopt children from other agencies?

A: I would pick one that doesn't charge for children. AGAPE makes a profit on the adoptions, and to me, that is unethical. I also find many of their practices unethical. They "recruit" pregnant women so that they can coerce children from them.