Fulton v. City of Philadelphia: The Third Circuit's Bittersweet Advancement of LGBTQ+ Rights.

The article examines how the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit advanced the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ+) people in the case Fulton v. City of Philadelphia. In the case, the Catholic Social Services (CSS) sued the city for suspending their contract due to CSS' discrimination against same-sex couples as foster parents. Also cited are the Free Exercise Clause of the U.S. Constitution and the Pennsylvania Religious Freedom Protection Act (RFPA).