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Religious News Service reporter Bobby Ross, Jr. recently asked this question, “When adoption agencies can turn away gay prospective parents, what happens to the kids?” With conflicts between religious based adoption and foster care agencies and government non-discrimination regulations playing out across the country including the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, this is an important question. In March, the City of Philadelphia issued an urgent call for 300 new foster parents to provide loving homes for some of the over 6,000 kids in Philadelphia foster care. That same month, the City abruptly barred Catholic Social Services, one of the city’s top-rated foster agencies, from placing children with foster families. This decision makes it exponentially harder for hundreds of children in need of foster care to find homes. Foster homes are sitting empty, even as the city begs for more families to help in its foster care crisis. Catholic Social Services and the Archdiocese of Philadelphia have been serving children throughout Philadelphia for over a century. Their Catholic mission drives them to find loving homes for all children in their care, regardless of the child’s race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation or gender identity. Catholic Social Services currently serves over 100 children in foster homes. No family or individual has ever complained that the agency’s Catholic mission prevented them from fostering or adopting a child. Sharonell Fulton from Overbrook Farms has been a foster parent for over 25 years. She has opened her home to over 40 children, including two children currently in her care. She strives to provide a loving, stable home and treat each child as if they were her own. To do that, Fulton relies on Catholic Social Services’ help, including around-the-clock support and access to information and resources. “What justice is there in taking stable, loving homes away from children?” Fulton said in a statement to CatholicPhilly.com. “If the city cuts off Catholic Social Services from foster care, foster moms like me won’t have the help and support they need to care for the special-needs kids.” By freezing and threatening to cancel its foster care contract with the CSS, the city is “taking away this help and causing harm and heartache to countless families like mine,” Fulton said. The children will suffer if parents like Fulton do not have the support they need. In May, The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty filed the lawsuit in the United States District Court in Philadelphia on behalf of archdiocesan Catholic Social Services (CSS), Sharonell Fulton and two other women caregivers associated with the archdiocesan agency. They asked the court to halt the city’s harmful policy. A hearing is expected later this year.

Awareness is just the first step.

In this episode I'm joined by Lewis Ambrose to chat about last night's 4-1 friendly win over Bayer Leverkusen. We analyse the very familiar looking team line-up in the context of Mikel Arteta's comments about needing more from the players we have, leading to discussion of Gabriel Jesus and Kai Havertz among others. There's also some focus on young players like Myles Lewis-Skelly and Ethan Nwaneri after they impress again, but how do you find the balance between their integration and further additions to the squad? There's some transfer discussion, Arteta's pickpocketing high jinx, and a goodbye from an old (angry) friend.

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A couple in Montenegro, working with children in a tough neighbourhood in Bar, desire to find ways to reach them with Jesus’ love.

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Green States MNN columnist Peter Dykstra asks whether environmental lobbying will be changed along with other government lobbying through Obama ethics reform.

Changes on fast-food menus are a step in the right direction, but the task of finding healthy food falls to parents.

How to make a scrumptious afternoon tea at home quickly, easily and on a shoestring

Federal law requires colleges and universities to track and disclose sexual assaults on campus. It’s different for kindergarten through 12th grade, where there are no similar requirements for cases involving assaults between students. In elementary, middle and high schools across the U.S., the Associated Press found a shocking level of sexual violence among students.

On this episode of Reveal, we delve into the results of AP’s yearlong investigation.

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Federal law requires colleges and universities to track and disclose sexual assaults on campus. It’s different for kindergarten through 12th grade, where there are no similar requirements for cases involving assaults between students. In elementary, middle and high schools across the U.S., the Associated Press found a shocking level of sexual violence among students. The AP also uncovered a new dimension to the problem – on U.S. military bases.  

On this episode of Reveal, we delve into results from the AP’s continuing investigation.

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Saline County juveniles are free to roam, but they are encouraged to follow directives on social distancing. They will, right?

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It was a bright crisp Queensland winter's day when Costa Georgiadis, host of ABC's Gardening Australia program, visited Tin Can Bay to celebrate 12 months of hard work by the local school in building, maintaining, and expanding their very own veggie plot.

If you think being stuck in short quarters with your family is hard, this family has have been living afloat overseas since September and 'boatschooling'.

Parents, kids: Fear not the silica gel pack. Sure it says DO NOT EAT and THROW AWAY. But you should only follow one of those rules.    Instead, save the packs and use them a whole lot of ways: Place them on the car dashboard by the windshield to keep it from fogging up.   […]

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The game teeters over the line between childlike and childish.

Kansas' auditor found that more than $400 million of state aid intended for poor, black, Latino and ELL students was being spent ineffectively, including on items such as food service supplies and an after-prom party.

A couple in Montenegro, working with children in a tough neighbourhood in Bar, desire to find ways to reach them with Jesus’ love.

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Coalition calls on FTC to review how companies are marketing to children and tracking them online.

Once again, one has to parse the data to get the real story.

Josh Duhamel didn't just kick off the Kids Choice Awards with a bang, but also with a lovely baby bump. Imitating his pregnant wife Fergie, the host of Saturday's Nickelodeon awards show revealed his sweet dancing skills for a comedic opening skit.

David Hasselhoff prides himself on his youthfulness, which he puts down to healthy eating and regular exercise.

She was nominated for the coveted Favorite TV Actress at the 2014 Kids' Choice Awards.

The 25-year-old's unfortunate, floppy hairstyle managed to make him appear gawky and far less attractive

Others who got the green slime treatment on Saturday included the cast of Modern Family, Emma Stone, Nick Jonas, and more.

The children's sports-star father and fashionista mother stayed at home as Brooklyn acted as babysitter, and they were content to let the boys take all the attention for one night.

5 Seconds Of Summer's closing performance at the 28th annual Nickelodeon Kid's Choice Awards finished with a slime-filled bang.

The 2017 Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards was off to an energetic start on Saturday evening, with host John Cena telling the crowd hosting the show had been on his 'bucket list'.

Ditching their glamorous dresses for grungy trousers, sporty crop tops and thigh-high boots, the girls truly stole the show as they belted out their hits Shout Out To My Ex and Touch to the crowd.

Sabre Norris continued to show off her quirky humour after she interviewed celebrities and found out what it was like to be slimed, while at Saturday's Kid's Choice Awards.

The celeb offspring, 19, started his day standing up for change at the March For Our Lives demonstration against gun violence and the NRA in downtown LA before heading to Kids' Choice.

Chris Pratt walked away with Favorite Butt-Kicker for Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, but he was also the first celebrity to get covered in green slime at the Kids' Choice Awards in LA.

The 42-year-old NFL megastar took to his Instagram Story to share a few snaps from a horseback riding trip with wife Gisele Bundchen and their children.

MIKE KEEGAN - SPORTS AGENDA: The BBC is sending all its production staff on training courses to apparently equip them with the skills to attract the coveted under 35s.

Kourtney Kardashian showcased some Palm Springs throwback photos from happier days on Tuesday. The 40-year-old was seen in her tiny bikini for the pool day.

The news that the PM now has his own Snapchat account has seen Twitter users poking fun at the PM, warning him to 'not be caught being silly' with the most intimate of the social media platforms.

School's out. So how do you start a business while the kids are around? Sarah Needleman on Lunch Break looks at how to avoid the guilt factor and even put the kids to work. Photo: Garik Gyurjyan.

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