Catholic adoption society wins court battle over gay rights exemption:
A Catholic adoption society has unexpectedly won a High Court battle against legislation forcing it to consider homosexual couples as parents.
Catholic Care had said it would have to give up its work finding homes for children if it was made to comply with the new anti-discrimination legislation.
The Charity Commission had rejected its plea to an exemption under the Sexual Orientation Regulations but a High Court judge this morning allowed the adoption charity's appeal.
Mr Justice Briggs, sitting in London, ordered the commission to reconsider the case in the light of the principles set out in his judgment.
Catholic Care, which serves the dioceses of Leeds, Middlesbrough, and Hallam in South Yorkshire, was the last Catholic adoption charity to continue its fight against the equality legislation.
"Equality legislation." Thank heavens we don't have Obama and Pelosi legislating "equality" (yet).
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