Michael and Catherine Burke have filed a lawsuit against officials in the Massachusetts Department of Children and Families (DCF) and other state agencies after their application to become foster parents was denied because of their Catholic faith. According to a social worker's report, the two were asked how they would feel if a child in…
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after experiencing the heartbreak of infertility, the couple began the application process to foster children. a part of the process required getting their opinions on raising an lgbtq child. as devout catholics, the couple stands with their church in support of traditional marriage and sexuality. according to the social worker s report, when they were asked about a child who could be lgbtq, catherine burke responded let s take the t out of it and call gender-affirming care chemical castration. michael burke was asked if his son loved a man, what would he do? didn t you say if you had a son and you learned he was gay, you would love him regardless and you would welcome him and support him if he wanted to mary another man? no. one of the things with our catholic faith is we love one
have conversations with the child about what was going on in their life before they did anything that would be life altering. that s proof that they would be good parents. it s not a reason to categorically forever exclude them from helping children. here s a social media reaction. let s respond to it together. i have no idea what it says. put it up on the screen, catherine. no, this person answers the question, should adoptive parent ve parents have to affirm the child if they have a different religion, have an abortion, get answer. we ve had this conversation on my sirius xm radio program. certain callers said things change. whatever the perspective might be of your clients today is not how they ll feel in the future, especially given the pace of