The Supreme Court justices unanimously agreed that a Catholic group deserved an exemption from a Philadelphia non-discrimination policy
The Supreme Court has ruled that Philadelphia cannot exclude a Catholic organization from its foster care program because the group won't work with same-sex couples.handed down Thursday was being closely watched by LGBTQ advocates who feared the ruling could make it easier for private organizations or individuals providing government-funded services to refuse to serve certain clients based on religious tenets.
"Certification as a foster parent...is not readily accessible to the public. It involves a customized and selective assessment that bears little resemblance to staying in a hotel, eating at a restaurant, or riding a bus," Roberts wrote. Alito, Gorsuch and Thomas also excoriated their colleagues for failing to issue a more sweeping decision overturning a two-decade-old precedent that the Constitution allows the government to enforce broad-based rules even if they severely impinge on religious beliefs.
Gorsuch filed a shorter concurring opinion that bluntly dismissed the majority's reading of public accommodation law as a "statutory shell game."
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