BBC NEWS | Politics | Adoption decision 'due next week'
For those who don't know, there is a row going on in England now between Catholics (with the support of the Anglican church), and the government. The row is over new legislation that will soon come into force regarding discrimination in the provision of goods and services. Basically, it will be illegal to discriminate on the grounds of sexuality (as well as gender, race etc).
The problem comes with religiously backed institutions, in this case adoption agencies run by the Catholic church. They currently have a policy of refusing to recommend the placement of children with homosexual couples. This policy will become illegal when the new law comes into practice.
The Catholic church does not feel that the law should apply to it, and is seeking to gain an exemption. It isn't expected to succeed.
My question is do people think that the Catholic church should have the right to opt out of a law? Discuss...
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