(WASHINGTON, DC, NOVEMBER 4, 2020) This morning the Supreme Court will hear a case that could give taxpayer-funded agencies a broad license to discriminate when providing social services to someone who is LGBTQ, holds different religious beliefs, has been previously divorced, or otherwise contradicts what they say their agency believes.
A taxpayer-funded agency named Catholic Social Services (CSS) refused to certify same-sex couples as foster parents, citing religious beliefs as the reason for denying them.
Because this refusal violated the City of Philadelphia’s nondiscrimination law and its contract for foster care services with CSS, in 2018, Philadelphia ended one of its contracts with CSS to provide foster care services.