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No, the Church Is Not Threatening to Abandon the Poor over Gay Rights

Headlines proclaiming the Roman Catholic Church in Washington, D.C., will walk away from its social service obligations if the City Council forces it to provide benefits to same-sex couples seem to have a clear storyline: The Catholic Church would sacrifice the poor on the altar of its opposition to homosexuality. But as is often the case, the reality is a good deal more complex. Certainly, anyone can raise legitimate questions of justice over the refusal of the Archdiocese of Washington to provide benefits to same-sex couples. Many would see it as a matter of principle that the church do ...

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