Catholic Foster Care Agency Should Be Able to Refuse to Work With Same-Sex Couples, Supreme Court Hears

The Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on March 10, 2020. Samira Bouaou/The Epoch Times

Lawyers for a Roman Catholic charity and two foster parents urged the Supreme Court to allow the agency to refuse on religious-freedom grounds to place children with same-sex couples.

Although only one hour was allotted for oral argument in Fulton v. City of Philadelphia, Chief Justice John Roberts allowed the Nov. 4 hearing to go on for one hour and 52 minutes, perhaps signaling the importance of the issues involved.