Adoption

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  A GOP House member said kids should be in ‘orphanages’ instead of with gay families

  A GOP lawmaker is in hot water after his comments regarding same-sex parent adoption went viral. And it was caught on tape.

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  A Catholic adoption agency is closing because they can’t discriminate against gay people

  The best interests of the child isn't as important as their bigotry against some potential loving parents.

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  Democrats could stop Republicans from legalizing bans on gay & lesbian adoption

  Would 41 Senators filibuster Republicans' attempt to legalize discrimination against LGBTQ parents?

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  Republicans vote to make it legal nationwide to ban gays & lesbians from adopting

  House Republicans want to protect adoption agencies' "sincerely held religious beliefs."

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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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  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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  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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  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."

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  Supreme Court rules in favor of adoption rights, but Gorsuch dissents

  In a short ruling, the Supreme Court sided with same-sex partners and against the state of Arkansas's terrible logic. The problem, though, is that Neil Gorsuch dissented.

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