Oklahoma City
Church praises new protections for adoption agencies
Archbishop Paul Coakley of Oklahoma City has welcomed the decision by Oklahoma and Kansas to join nine other US states in signing legislation ensuring that faith-based adoption and foster care providers can provide these services in accordance with their religious beliefs. Catholic adoption agencies in some other states including Illinois, Massachusetts and the District of Columbia have been forced to close because of laws requiring them to place children with same-sex couples or unmarried couples. Supporters of the legislation in Oklahoma argue that the many non-Catholic adoption agencies in the state make sufficient provision for LGBT adoptive parents.
