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ANN ARBOR, Mich. – Two San Francisco residents and the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights filed a petition with the U.S. Supreme Court Feb. 15 asking that it reverse a federal appeals court decision that upheld the constitutionality of a San Francisco Board of Supervisors resolution strongly critical of the Catholic Church.
The resolution, adopted March 21, 2006, refers to Vatican ruling as “meddling” in the affairs of the city and calls the church‘s teaching on homosexuality “insulting to all San Franciscans.” Sparked by a Vatican ruling that Catholic Charities could not place children for adoption with same-sex couples, the resolution urged the archbishop and Catholic Charities to defy the Vatican directive.
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a lower court ruling that the resolution was constitutional.
The appeal, filed by the Thomas More Law Center, argues that the resolution was a violation of the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment to the Constitution.
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