Scottish Catholic adoption agency ordered to comply with equality law

A Catholic adoption agency has been told by the Charity Regulator in Scotland that if it doesn't lift its ban on applications from gay couples it will lose its charitable status.

A Catholic adoption agency has been told by the Charity Regulator in Scotland that if it doesn’t lift its ban on applications from gay couples it will lose its charitable status.

The Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator has ruled that St Margaret’s Children and Family Care Society in Glasgow is directly discriminating against gay people by excluding them from becoming adopters.

The ruling (pdf) follows a complaint from the National Secular Society.

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