WASHINGTON (AP)
Nov 13 2009, 3:01 PM |
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The Catholic Archdiocese of Washington is threatening to stop providing some social services unless lawmakers change a proposal to legalize same-sex marriages.
The city council has refused to change the measure, which is expected to pass next month.
The church says the marriage bill would force the church to offer employee benefits and adoptions to married same-sex couples. But council members say threats shouldn't determine D.C. laws.
Council member Jim Graham says the church hasn't abandoned social services in New Hampshire, Connecticut or Vermont after they began same-sex marriages.
In Boston, Catholic Charities has halted city adoption programs because Massachusetts bans public discrimination against same-sex couples.
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