The Supreme Court is expected to rule this month on a case that could upend, in the name of religious freedom, 50 years of progress in the effort to provide better support for L.G.B.T.Q.
children in the foster system. Such a decision would be a devastating setback for all children in foster care, and set a dangerous precedent that could have broad repercussions.
The question the courthas been asked to decideis whether the city of Philadelphia can bar Catholic Social Services from screening future foster parents.
The agency claims a religious right under the First Amendment’s free exercise clause to exclude lesbian and gay couples as foster parents.