All posts tagged "foster care"
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GOP Bill Would Place LGBTQ Kids in Anti-Gay Foster Homes
The measure would deny federal funds to child welfare agencies who refuse to place LGBTQ children with non-affirming parents.
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Lesbian Who Sued Government Can Become Foster Parent
A single lesbian will now be allowed to become a foster parent for refugee children after the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops dropped their opposition...
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Dog’s Owners Dump Him At Animal Shelter For Being “Gay”
A dog was dropped at a North Carolina animal shelter after his owners believed him to be gay because he humped another male dog.
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Biden administration removes Trump policy allowing child welfare agencies to discriminate against same-sex parents
HHS will rescind waivers that allowed religiously-affiliated child welfare agencies to receive taxpayer money while discriminating against prospective parents.
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Supreme Court sides with Catholic adoption agency refusing to place children with same-sex couples
On narrow grounds, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a Catholic adoption agency's right tt refuse to place children with same-sex couples.
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66 Congress members call on HHS to reverse rule allowing service providers to turn away LGBTQ people
Sixty-six members of Congress have called on the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to reverse a Trump administration rule that allows federally-funded social...
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Nation’s largest evangelical adoption agency will allow same-sex parents
Bethany Christian Services' decision reflects polling showing Christians are more flexible about placing children in same-sex homes.
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Trump takes parting shot with anti-LGBTQ rule allowing social service agencies to discriminate
Rule builds upon past actions seeking to grant social service agencies license to discriminate
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Most Americans oppose foster care agencies discriminating against same-sex couples
Poll drops just as Supreme Court is about to hear oral arguments in case involving religiously-based refusals
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A 6-3 Supreme Court could carve out various exemptions that erode LGBTQ rights
Following Amy Coney Barrett’s confirmation to the U.S. Supreme Court, LGBTQ advocates are looking down the road at the possibility that a 6-3 conservative majority...
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Trump administration sued for erasing foster care data on LGBTQ and American Indian youth
Advocates say eliminating data on marginalized groups makes it harder to ensure positive outcomes for youth in foster care
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Congress finds Trump administration gave taxpayer dollars to anti-LGBTQ foster care agencies
HHS waiver is part of a "pattern of discrimination" on the part of the Trump administration aimed at limiting the rights and freedoms of LGBTQ...
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Trump administration says foster care agencies should be allowed to discriminate against same-sex couples
Government argues that Philadelphia's decision to cut ties with Catholic Social Services was religious discrimination
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Judge allows South Carolina lesbian couple’s foster care lawsuit against HHS to move forward
Government argued it isn't responsible for Miracle Hill's refusal to work with same-sex couples and others
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Supreme Court to rule on anti-gay discrimination by taxpayer-funded foster care agencies
Court will decide whether child placement agencies that discriminate based on religion are entitled to taxpayer funds
