[Margaret Pilkington]

Slinky...maybe I have misunderstood your post where you cite freedom of choice....isn't that what the Catholic adoption agencies are being denied....a freedom to choose where they place their children to be adopted? They do not choose to say that same sex couple may not adopt children.....only that they may not adopt children from THEM...they will, however, facilitate the same sex couple to adopt by DIRECTING them to a society who allow for same sex partners adopting. What is wrong with that? In fact the Catholic Church is being discriminated against by being forced by law to abandon their long held teachings.
And as for the posts that decry the Catholic Church for hiding child abuse - that isn't what this thread is about..it is a totally different subject and should be dealt with separately.

In ALL adoptions the childs needs should be seen as paramount and that should be the ONLY factor in determining who should adopt.