But Anthony R. Picarello Jr., general counsel and associate general secretary of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, disagreed. “It’s true that the church doesn’t have a First Amendment right to have a government contract,” he said, “but it does have a First Amendment right not to be excluded from a contract based on its religious beliefs.”
True. Of course, it is not being excluded from a contract based on its religious beliefs, but because it won't perform the contracted services. One wouldn't hire a gardener who refused to garden, one should not contract out the right to manage adoptions to someone who refuses to undertake adoptions.
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