Legal Opinion
Sharonell Fulton v. City of Philadelphia
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided April 22, 2019No. 18-2574PublishedCited by 101 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
AMBRO, Circuit Judge A reporter from the Philadelphia Inquirer informed the City of Philadelphia's Department of Human Services in March 2018 that two of its agencies would not work with same-sex couples as foster parents. Human Services investigated this allegation, which it considered a violation of the City's anti-discrimination laws. When the agencies confirmed that, because of their religious views on marriage, they would not work with gay couples, Human Services ceased referring foster children to them. One of those agencies, Catholic Social Services (sometimes abbreviated to "CSS"),…
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