All posts tagged "child placement agencies"
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Oklahoma anti-gay adoption bill moves closer to becoming law
Fate of an amendment to limit the bill's harm could determine future legal action
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LGBTQ groups push back against Kansas adoption discrimination bill
LGBTQ groups and child welfare organizations are urging lawmakers in Kansas to oppose to a bill that would allow adoption and foster care agencies to...
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Kansas Department of Children and Families backs anti-gay adoption bill
Kansas’ Department of Children and Families has announced its support for legislation that would allow adoption and foster care agencies to refuse to place children...
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Oklahoma bill would allow adoption agencies to discriminate against LGBTQ couples
The Oklahoma Senate has passed a bill allowing child welfare organizations, including adoption and foster care agencies, to turn away qualified Oklahomans seeking to care...
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Georgia Senate passes anti-gay adoption and foster care bill
A Hollywood writer and actor are urging television shows to stop filming in Georgia if the bill passes
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Texas governor signs anti-LGBTQ adoption bill into law
On Thursday, Gov. Greg Abbott signed into law a bill that allows adoption or foster care agencies to refuse to place children with certain prospective...
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Texas lawmakers pass adoption bill and anti-gay bathroom amendment
Texas lawmakers have passed two measures that will allow discrimination against LGBTQ people: a “conscience clause” bill relating to adoption, and an amendment that restricts transgender...
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Texas House passes anti-LGBTQ adoption bill
Texas would become the sixth state to allow child placement agencies to turn away same-sex parents
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Alabama bill allows adoption agencies to discriminate against same-sex couples
Alabama lawmakers have passed a bill allowing child placement agencies to discriminate against same-sex couples and other prospective parents based on the agency’s preferred religious beliefs. The Alabama...
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Nevada governor signs bill protecting LGBTQ kids in foster care
Foster care and juvenile justice agencies dealing with LGBTQ youth must undergo competency training
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South Dakota considering “religious freedom” adoption bill
South Dakota lawmakers are weighing a proposed bill that would allow agents of adoption and foster care agencies to reject qualified parents based on personal...
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Mississippi “religious liberty” bill passes committee
Another day, another conservative legislature attempting to pass yet another bill targeting the LGBT community. It’s become par for the course in a post-Obergefell world. The latest...
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Florida governor signs bill repealing gay adoption ban
Florida Gov. Rick Scott (R) signed into law on Thursday a bill that repeals the Sunshine State’s nearly four decade-long law prohibiting same-sex couples from...
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Michigan Gov. Snyder signs bills allowing adoption agencies to discriminate
Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder (R) on Thursday signed a package of three bills that will allow adoption or child placement agencies to refuse to serve...
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Texas anti-gay measures and HIV criminalization bill fail
Despite some last-minute legal wrangling, the Texas legislature failed to pass several anti-gay measures as of the May 27 final deadline for passing any bills that lawmakers...
