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Pro-Life… as long as you’re Protestant

Jill

An anti-choice adoption agency that receives money from the sale of “Choose Life” license plate won’t accept Catholics as clients — reminding us that being “pro-life” is more about control and religious dogma than true compassion.

Equally disturbing is that the news article linked above only mentions that the agency discriminates against Catholics. But when I went to the agency’s website, I found a Statement of Faith — by which “Members of the national board, local boards, staff and adoptive applicants indicate their personal agreement with Bethany’s Statement of Faith”. This statement not only requires that potential adoptive parents be Christian, but that they be anti-choice as well. So the agency isn’t just discriminating against Catholics, as the news article implied — they’re discriminating against Jews, Hindus, Muslims, Buddhists, atheists, pro-choice people, and anyone else who doesn’t share their exact vision of the world, as dictated by their Bible. But I guess that’s not news.

On an unrelated note, if you’re going to email me ridiculous anti-choice articles, at least don’t pretend to be Andrew Sullivan when you do so. And if you’re going to pretend to be Andrew Sullivan, try and think of a more convincing email address than BareBackAndy. Thanks.

(And to the many people who have emailed me interesting articles, blog entries, or personal messages, I do sincerely appreciate it. If I haven’t replied, it’s because I’ve been really strapped for internet time, and because I’m an ass. Please keep them coming!)

5 thoughts on Pro-Life… as long as you’re Protestant

  2. I am sorely disappointed at this decision. I don’t know what these folks give as their reasons for denying applications from Catholic couples.

    I personally oppose abortion, and think that the first step to doing away with it is to ensure that women (and couples who don’t want children) are given a wide array of attractive options.

    Why a group who wants people to “choose life” for their unborn babies would exclude from placement options the largest Christian denomination in the world, and the denomination that has historically taken a stronger stance against abortion than any other is beyond my comprehension.

    But then again, I realize that far too many groups organized in the name of “doing good” are much more concerned with “doing well,” financially.

  3. This kind of “tag-evangelism” is spreading. How did they get free government-sponsored advertising? I wonder if NARAL could get funding via “choose liberty” plates.

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