- Philadelphia's government says

no one can discriminate on the basis

of sexual orientation.

Catholic Social Services holdsa biblically based belief

that marriage can only bebetween a man and a woman.

It hadn't actually turned away

any gay couples who wanted to foster,

but just that belief about marriage alone

got them booted out of

the foster care businesswith Philadelphia.

Becket is fighting forCatholic Social Services,

calling this a violation

of the agency's religious liberty.

- This is a really landmarkcase for religious liberty.

It's about the power of the government.

Whether the government can force you

to change what you believe

when you're trying to bea part of the solution.

When you're trying toidentify a social ill

and really be there to make a difference.

- [Paul] Philadelphia's tossingout Catholic Social Services

had an immediate negative impact.

- [Montse] The day afterthis policy was put in place,

the city of Philadelphia saidthat there were 300 homes

that were needed for these children.

- [Paul] One of thefoster moms in this case

says Catholic SocialServices could have helped

many of those childrenwho went unfostered.

- Our communities are negatively effected.

We have more crime.

It's just an extremelyvicious, non-stop growing cycle

of devastation.

- [Paul] Alvarado says governmentcan't just order people

of faith to changetheir religious beliefs.

- A lot of people don'trealize that religious beliefs

are not like policies.

Religious beliefs arethings that come from

the foundational teachings of a religion.

They are very, very old.

- So you can't just swap them out

for what governmentsays you should believe.

Paul Strand, CBN News, Washington.