The Catholic Diocese of Sacramento no longer will fund programs at Francis House, a nonprofit agency that serves homeless people, because of its new director's views supporting abortion rights and gay marriage.
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The Rev. Faith Whitmore, new director of the homeless assistance nonprofit group Francis House, backs abortion rights and gay marriage.
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The Rev. Faith Whitmore, seen in the chapel at Francis House, is a United Methodist minister who married gay couples in 2008, defying her denomination. She also was a senior pastor at St. Mark's United Methodist Church in the capital.
