A Catholic couple are suing Massachusetts after their application to become foster parents was denied over concerns they would not be ‘affirming’ to a child who identified as LGBTQ+.
Court documents filed this week show that Catherine and her husband Michael Burke, who are devout Catholics, applied to be foster parents after experiencing ‘the heartbreak of infertility.’
However, their application was denied by Massachusetts Department of Children and Families in April after staff were concerned over the couple’s responses to questions regarding care for an LGBTQ+ child.
