Special Guest Lori Windham, Senior Counsel at Becket Fund joins Mark to discuss the status of the case Sharonell Fulton v. Philadelphia.

NCLA filed an amicus brief in the Supreme Court of the United States in support of Fulton. In 2018, Philadelphia abruptly terminated foster placement through Catholic Social Services (CSS) leaving foster parents like Sharonell Fulton, who has fostered more than 40 children, without CSS’s support. NCLA is deeply concerned about this decision excluding a religious organization.

Philadelphia left its policy decision to the City’s Department of Human Services (DHS)—an administrative agency. This is problematic because, in comparison with legislative policymaking, administrative policymaking is unresponsive to the interests of religion—especially relatively orthodox or traditional religion—thus rendering resulting policies unequal and unconstitutional under the First Amendment’s Free Exercise Clause. 

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