MS Adoption Agency Takes State Funds, Turns Away Catholics

A Christian adoption agency in Jackson, Mississippi, that receives funds from the state's Choose Life license plate sales refuses to place children with Roman Catholic families. An AP story reported by the South Florida Sun-Sentinel on Friday quotes Bethany Christian Services as saying that Catholicism does not agree with Bethany's Statement of Faith. 24 adoption and pregnancy counseling centers in Mississippi receive funds from the extra fee charged when the state sells Choose Life plates. The state raised $244,000 from the sales in 2004. Bethany received $7053 of that.