Circuit Finds No Constitutional Violation in Ending Contract With Foster Agency Over Stance on Same-Sex Couples
"The First Amendment does not prohibit government regulation of religiously motivated conduct so long as that regulation is not a veiled attempt to suppress disfavored religious beliefs," Circuit Judge Thomas Ambro said.
April 23, 2019 at 10:45 AM
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The original version of this story was published on The Legal Intelligencer
The city of Philadelphia was within its rights to terminate its contract with a Catholic foster care agency over the agency's refusal to work with same-sex couples, a federal appeals court has ruled.
On Monday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit upheld a ruling that Catholic Social Services' rights to First Amendment religious liberty were not infringed by the city's requirement that its contractors adhere to a nondiscrimination policy.
Third Circuit Judge Thomas Ambro wrote in the court's opinion that the city was on firm legal ground in enforcing its policy—though the case is not over.
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