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Judge Rules Illinois Can End Contracts With Discriminating Catholic Charities | A judge has ruled that the Illinois Department of Children and Family Service can begin canceling its contracts with Catholic Charities’ adoption and foster care services. The Charities had sued when the state decided to no longer subsidize their work because they refused to place children with same-sex couples in civil unions, which became legal in Illinois this summer. Catholic Charities will seek an appeal. Because the Catholic Church apparently refuses to do charitable works when it cannot discriminate against gays, the Catholic Conference of Illinois seems to be refocusing its charitable energy all toward fighting LGBT equality with the creation of a Defense of Marriage department.