Supreme Court ruling: Catholic foster care

"Supreme Court rules in favor of Catholic foster care agency that refused to work with same-sex couples." [CNN]

This is a good thing for religious freedom, right, and for religious people who want to create organizations guided by the principles of their faith, yes?

Or...?

It should be pointed out that six of those nine judges are Catholic.

I don't understand this ruling. Can a church legally discriminate against women the way they ruled you can with gay couples? Can they reference Biblical texts where women are suppose to "stay silent" and aren't allowed to teach?

@vivify said
It should be pointed out that six of those nine judges are Catholic.

I don't understand this ruling. Can a church legally discriminate against women the way they ruled you can with gay couples? Can they reference Biblical texts where women are suppose to "stay silent" and aren't allowed to teach?

@vivify said
It should be pointed out that six of those nine judges are Catholic.

@fmf said
Are the Catholic foster agencies the only option?

@vivify said
Irrelevant. That's like saying "work somewhere else if you think we're sexist".

@fmf said
How should Catholics express their views and their bottom lines?

@vivify said
That's irrelevant. If an organization discriminates against women, you don't say "well, just go elsewhere".

@vivify said
But when it comes to offering public services, you can't discriminate based on sexual orientation, just like you can't discriminate based on race.

@fmf said
Why not?

@vivify said
It's illegal, for one. It's immoral, for another.

@fmf said
"Immoral"?

@vivify said
It's illegal, for one. It's immoral, for another.

@vivify said
Discrimination based race or sexual orientation? Yes.