Supreme Court Rules 9-0, Sides With Catholic Group In LGBTQ Case

[mystery-ak]

Supreme Court Rules 9-0, Sides With Catholic Group In LGBTQ Case
June 17, 2021
Written by Martin Walsh


(Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court embraced religious rights over LGBT rights on Thursday by ruling in favor of a Catholic Church-affiliated agency that sued after Philadelphia refused to place children for foster care with the organization because it barred same-sex couples from applying to become foster parents.

The 9-0 ruling, written by conservative Chief Justice John Roberts, was a victory for Catholic Social Services, part of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia.

The court said that the city’s refusal to use the Catholic agency for foster care services unless it agreed to certify same-sex couples violates the U.S. Constitution’s First Amendment guarantee of the free exercise of religion.

Catholic Social Services (CSS) argued that Philadelphia had penalized it for its religious views and for following church teachings on marriage.

The court did not rule on some of the broader legal questions raised by religious rights advocates.

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https://conservativebrief.com/court-sides-group-43054/

[Wingnut]

 9-0?   

Something is afoot at the SC.    This is 2 or 3 9-0's in a short time.

[HoustonSam]

9-0?   

Something is afoot at the SC.    This is 2 or 3 9-0's in a short time.

Jonathan Turley has suggested that the court is "signalling" that it's not completely divided by politics, so the Justices consider a court-packing scheme unnecessary and unwise.

It seems to me that these recent unanimous-or-near-unanimous decisions have favored Conservative perspectives; if Turley is correct then the liberal wing of SCOTUS is voting from political, rather than legal, motivations.  Hard to believe, I know....................

[libertybele]

Jonathan Turley: Supreme Court made 'powerful statement' by unanimously siding with Catholic foster agency

Fox News contributor Jonathan Turley reacted Thursday on "America Reports" to the Supreme Court's unanimous decision that a Catholic foster agency shouldn't be banned from participating in Philadelphia's foster program because it excludes same-sex couples, calling it a "major decision for religious rights."

JONATHAN TURLEY: This is a major decision for religious rights, and it’s also the decision that some of us thought was the most important of those pending cases we’ve been waiting for. What is surprising is it's 9-0. There are concurrences, but the Court is speaking with one voice saying the city of Philadelphia violated the free exercise clause of the Constitution. They're saying that you need to accommodate the religious values of these organizations, particularly when you obviously can do so. You have
They saw the ability of the city to make available adoption services without denying religious beliefs and values to these organizations. These Catholic charities play a very significant role in adoption and other services, but there’s a variety of these groups, so the Court is saying we have to find a way to accommodate that. The reason this is so important is that these types of conflicts between anti-discrimination laws and the religious clauses of the Constitution are becoming more common. We just had a resumption of what's called the Masterpiece cake shop case. It went before the Supreme Court involving a baker who didn’t want to do cakes that violate his religious beliefs. Activists have been trying to create another case to challenge him and they've done so, but they may regret that, because he could end up expanding what was a narrow ruling in his favor into something much broader after this decision.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/jonathan-turley-supreme-court-catholic-foster-agency

[PeteS in CA]

9-0 rulings mean that the outcome of the case was grossly obvious. In this particular case it means that Philadelphia residents should be POed that their city council and mayor tried something that was foredoomed to being struck down and wasted $$ defending it.