\nSome D.C. Council members and Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton are reaching out to the Catholic Archdiocese of Washington to see whether they can find a compromise so the Church will not end its social services contracts with the city if the council legalizes same-sex marriage.<\/p>\n
After a week of heated rhetoric, District officials said Thursday that they see a way for Catholic Charities to continue operating programs with city money while assuring that the organization’s gay and heterosexual employees would be treated equally if they got married.<\/p>\n
“The rights of [gay] partners cannot be any different from similar situated couples, but with that said, if other jurisdictions have found a way to accommodate Catholic Charities, that would be very much be desired,” said Norton (D).<\/p>\n
Norton, who said she was trying to make sure Congress does not intervene in the dispute, spoke briefly with Archbishop Donald W. Wuerl on Thursday.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, D.C. Council members David A. Catania (I-At Large) and Phil Mendelson (D-At Large) sent Wuerl a letter Wednesday urging that Catholic Charities embrace a policy similar to one in effect at Georgetown University.<\/p>\n
They said that the Catholic university gives benefits to some same-sex couples even though the university does not officially recognize that the beneficiaries are of the same sex.<\/p>\n
Susan Gibbs, a Church spokeswoman, said archdiocese officials were happy that city leaders were “finally responding,” but she said she was not sure the proposal alleviates the Church’s concerns. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n
There’s more at the link.<\/a> Stay tuned. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The intense debate over the same-sex marriage bill in Washington, DC has now led to talk that maybe the two sides can come to a compromise. From the Washington Post: Some D.C. Council members and Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton are reaching out to the Catholic Archdiocese of Washington to see whether they can find a…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3688","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ripped-from-the-headlines"],"yoast_head":"\n
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