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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina mother is accusing a federally funded foster agency of not working with her because she's Catholic.
Simpsonville mother Aimee Maddonna says the agency in 2014 initially encouraged her to become a foster parent but cut off ties once realizing she's Catholic and not a "born-again" protestant Christian, as the agency's rules require.
The lawsuit filed Friday in federal court challenges a waiver granted earlier this year to Miracle Hill Ministries, a Greenville foster care agency that has come under fire for denying services to same-sex couples and non-Christian families, yet still gets federal funding.
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