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LGBTQ+ people are more likely to consider fostering kids. But one big barrier is stopping them.
Because of this, thousands of children may be missing out on loving homes.
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Rep. Jim Banks introduces bill to place trans foster kids into abusive homes
He justified his bill by saying that reasonable adults oppose “irreversible sex change procedures” on kids. But such surgeries aren’t conducted on minors.
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18 Republican AGs are outraged that the Biden administration wants to help LGBTQ+ foster kids
They say protecting LGBTQ+ kids isn’t as important as Christian agencies’ religious freedom.
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Christian couple who said they would try to “cure” a gay kid sues foster agency for denying them
They’re claiming “religious discrimination” after they were denied because their home wouldn’t be a safe environment for the child.
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Donald Trump is preparing for Pride month by revving up his attacks on us
The president has taken a series of steps lately meant to punish LGBTQ and curry favor with the religious right.
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A foster agency wants to discriminate against non-Christian parents
The Christian agency wants to refuse any parents who won’t “indoctrinate [kids] into their brand of Christianity.”
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Measure to allow adoption agencies to ban gay & lesbian parents dies in the House
The measure would have punished states that ban discrimination against LGBTQ parents.
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Federal judge rules adoption agency can’t ban gays & lesbians
A Catholic adoption agency sued for the right to discriminate. The judge quickly shut them down.
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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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Alabama passes law allowing adoption agencies to discriminate against gays
Because, “religious freedom” has never been about “best interests of the child.”
