Monday, May 28, 2007

Where's the leadership?

An act of moral violence
San Francisco Catholic Charities ally has ad campaign to promote adoption by homosexuals

Local adoption and foster care agency Family Builders by Adoption unveiled an edgy new marketing campaign targeting LGBT people Monday, May 21 that puts a new twist on language often used by conservatives

The ads feature same-sex couples and their adopted children standing behind the slogans, "Family Planning" and "Intelligent Design." Underneath the slogans are the phrases, "Our family was no accident – we planned for it," and "Before we started our family we considered all the options."
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The campaign comes a year after Catholic Cardinal Alfonso Lopez Trujillo stated that same-sex adoption was "an act of moral violence" against a child. The statement pitted the Catholic Church against LGBT parents, and created an awkward situation for Catholic Charities, which operates adoption services in many cities, including San Francisco. Catholic Charities in Boston came under fire and halted its adoption program. It was also revealed that Catholic Charities in San Francisco had granted adoptions to five same-sex couples over the last five years.
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The Archdiocese of San Francisco did not respond to requests for comment on the campaign.
Of course, it didn't...Catholic leadership in San Francisco is AWOL...

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