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As states restrict gay adoptions, Connecticut is recruiting more LGBTQ parents
In Kansas and Oklahoma, a social worker’s religious beliefs come before the good of the child. In Connecticut, the child comes first.
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Governor signs law making it legal to ban gays & lesbians from adopting in Oklahoma
The best interests of the child is less important than the religious beliefs of social workers now in Oklahoma.
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Oklahoma & Kansas inch closer to legalizing discrimination in adoptions
Child service agencies and business are against allowing discrimination against gay and lesbian couples – but Catholic officials and the Kansas City Chiefs’ owner are for it.
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Bill making it legal to ban gays & lesbians from adopting passes in Oklahoma
The Republican governor is expected to sign the bill, which would make it the only anti-LGBTQ state law passed in 2018.
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Hobby Lobby’s antigay lawyer is about to be rewarded with a lifetime appointment as a federal judge
His record of attacking women’s rights is well documented, but Duncan’s record on LGBT issues is particularly nightmarish.
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Republicans introduce a bill to make it legal for adoption agencies to discriminate
It would allow them to turn away qualified gay and lesbian couples without consideration for the best interest of the child.
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Lesbian foster parents sue after being told they don’t ‘mirror the holy family’
An adoption agency that gets federal money says that its deeply held religious beliefs prevent them from placing kids with gay couples.
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Bill making it legal to ban gays & lesbians from adopting passes in Georgia
It would allow adoption agencies to refuse to place children with same-sex couples based on their religious beliefs.
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Georgia Republicans want to give adoption agencies the right to turn away gay couples
While lawmakers are obsessed with gay couples, who’s thinking about the thousands of kids in the state’s foster care system?
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Kentucky judge resigns rather than hear gay people’s cases
He said his “sincerely held religious beliefs” make him so biased that he can’t hear cases involving “practicing homosexuals.”