In the Face of a Foster Crisis, Massachusetts Turns Away Christian Parents
1,500 Children in Limbo, but the Commonwealth Turns Away Faith-Driven Parents
You’d think that Massachusetts, a state that regularly boasts about its commitment to diversity and tolerance, would want nothing better than to place foster children into a home that emphatically embraces, “Children are a heritage from the Lord, the fruit of the womb, a reward.” (Psalm 127:3)
But oh, how wrong you’d be!
Meet Mike and Kitty Burke, a devout Catholic couple. Mike’s an Iraq war veteran and Kitty, well, she’s dedicated her life to helping special needs children. They seem like the dream pair to adopt, right?
But the state thinks otherwise.
Here’s the kicker: Massachusetts, with its liberal elite, is in the midst of a foster care crisis. They have children - over 1,500 of them, mind you - literally sleeping in hospitals because there’s no home for them.
And in the middle of this crisis, the state has the audacity, the sheer gall, to deny a loving home to these children? Why? Because Mike and Kitty hold religious beliefs about traditional marriage and sexuality.
The Burkes underwent rigorous training, opened their home for inspections, and faced intrusive interviews. They even affirmed that they would love and care for any child, regardless of their sexuality or gender struggles.
But that wasn’t good enough for the Commonwealth! So, with the help of the non-profit Becket Law firm, the Burkes sued the Commonwealth.
According to the court filing, the state’s Western Regional DCF’s License Review Team made these damning remarks about the Burkes:
“The couple expressed that they are not open to gender affirming care and believe that partnership outside of heterosexual relationships is a sin. They are heavily involved in their Catholic Church and cite their religious views as the primary reason for seeing LGBTQIA++ individuals this way.”
In other words, they were told, point blank, that their ‘faith is not supportive.’ Now, tell me, when did the Christian faith become a litmus test for denying foster children the comfort of being placed in a married couple’s home?
Let’s get real. The same state that can’t provide for its most vulnerable citizens now wants to play thought police, punishing citizens for not toeing the progressive line.
It’s absurd!
And it’s not just an attack on the Burkes – it’s an attack on religious freedom everywhere. It’s a dire warning to every person of faith in America: conform or be cast out.
And just to drive the point home, let’s remember that the same legal team now representing the Burkes represented a Catholic agency in Fulton v. Philadelphia. In this case, the Supreme Court unanimously ruled in favor of an adoption agency’s right to operate according to its religious beliefs.
It seems Massachusetts didn’t get the memo.
Massachusetts, with all its talk of inclusivity and diversity, ought to be ashamed. They have failed the Burkes and every child waiting for a loving home.
The question remains: Will the state continue down this path of intolerance, or will they finally put the needs of children first?
What is truly remarkable is that so many conservatives still misjudge the true and transparently obvious nature of Leftism which is that Leftism is actually just a personal or mass immersion in the service of self loathing. It is in fact most lethal and diabolical form of self loathing yet devised in which so many become willing participants and resource providers in the service of their own consummate domination and destruction by predators. Leftism is not the product of the pitiful intellect of even the most astute of twisted humans but of a truly brilliant entity who has reason to hold our genuine humanity in far greater contempt than we could ever devise or manufacture for ourselves in the cause of the destruction of our race. Leftists hatred for genuine human nature is palpable. Our true nature, after all, arises from that of our Creator and is an expression of His nature. Even a meager recognition of our true nature would be moderately charitable where Leftism never is because it preys upon even its most ardent supporters. It roots out and destroys all genuine virtue and replaces it with enshrinements of unconstrained and licensed selfishness. Genuine Leftists loathe the genuine human nature and its expressions in the lives of others nearly as much as they despise any expression of these in their own in which the self imposed misery of Leftism makes them the greater victim of their own self loathing, self indulgent convictions and ideology.
What is so funny is how the left accuses anyone on the right and in particular christians of not caring about born unwanted children.