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In Fight Over Protestant-Only Foster Agency, Lawsuit Asks: Who is a Christian?
posted on February 26, 2019Religion News Service’s Yonat Shimron writes about a February 15 lawsuit against the federal government and South Carolina, which alleges that Miracle Hill Ministries unconstitutionally discriminates against non-Protestants. Aimee Maddonna, a Catholic, applied four years ago to mentor foster children at the Greenville ministry before being denied, allegedly because of her faith. Shimron writes, “The suit challenges a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services exemption that allows all foster care agencies in South Carolina to disregard a regulation barring religious discrimination in federally funded foster care programs.” Shimron adds that the lawsuit reveals a degree of bias against Catholics in the South, and it poses a question: Who is the right kind of Christian?