The city of Philadelphia kicked Catholic Social Services out of its foster care program because it insisted on placing children in optimal nurturing environments. Both Scripture and sociological research indicate that the best possible environment for a child is in a home with a mom and a dad who are married to each other. Homosexual households by definition are missing either a mother or a father. Vulnerable young children who have already suffered emotional trauma through dysfunction in their family of origin should not be forced to suffer a second kind of trauma by being placed in sub-optimal environments.
