Justice Barrett Examines Religious Liberty Precedent in LGBTQ Foster Parenting Case

Mark Satta
4 min readNov 14, 2020
Barrett taking Oath from Wikimedia Commons

Last week, the Supreme Court heard its first case addressing religious freedom and LGBTQ civil rights with Justice Amy Coney Barrett as a member of the Court. The case, Fulton v. City of Philadelphia, concerns whether Philadelphia can require organizations it partners with to accept same-sex couples as foster parents.

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Mark Satta

Philosophy professor and attorney writing about philosophy, law, religion, politics, queerness, and books, among other things. he/him