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Adoption Agencies

Asked for a view about Catholic adoption agencies, the PMOS replied that everyone recognised that there were sensitive issues involved. The Department was considering those and would announce a decision in due course. It was important to take the time and space to consider what were sensitive issues.

Asked if there was not even a hint of a conflict of interest for the Secretary of State, given her own devout Catholic beliefs and membership of Opus Dei, the PMOS said the journalist was treading on dangerous territory. What the question suggested was that any religion, or lack of religion, would disqualify someone from taking a view about anything.

Put that if someone was not only a member of a particular church, but a member of a sect of it, or a freemason, for example, surely they would have to be disqualified, the PMOS said that to disqualify people because of their beliefs or lack of beliefs would be dangerous territory to tread on. It was always a mistake to say that people did not approach subjects from a particular viewpoint; we all had viewpoints, but the important thing was that we developed policy in Government which reflected the view of Government as a whole. The PMOS said that there were difficult issues, and issues which should not be decided on one individual’s view, and there were very sensitive issues here, not least which was the future of the children involved.

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