All may not be over for Catholic Charities in Boston

Sure, it's probably just a political move (update: Dom explains how), but hopefully a lesson has been learned (by Catholic Charities): putting your foot down might lead to more results than endlessly compromising:

BOSTON -- Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney has asked his staff to draft a "very narrow" bill that would let Catholic Charities provide adoption services without serving gay couples.

The governor acknowledged that same-sex couples have a legitimate interest in adopting children, but he said the services Catholic Charities provides are more important than maintaining a faith-blind law.

"They have within their religion the belief that marriage should be between a man and a woman, and that children should not be sent into homes without a mother and a father," Romney said Monday. "We'd like them to be able to be true to their religion."

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