Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves (R) signed multiple pieces of legislation Wednesday that provide support for mothers and babies, particularly in the areas of adoption, foster care, pregnancy care centers, and parental rights.
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Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) filed a federal lawsuit last week against the Oregon Department of Human Services (ODHS) on behalf of a woman whose application to adopt siblings from foster care was denied because her Christian faith beliefs do not allow her to agree to support the “sexual orientation, gender identity, [and] gender expression” of children placed in her home. “Oregon’s policy amounts to an ideological litmus test: people who hold secular or ‘progressive’ views on sexual orientation and gender identity are eligible to participate in child welfare programs, while people of faith with religiously informed views are disqualified because they don’t agree with the state’s orthodoxy,” said ADF Senior Counsel Jonathan Scruggs, who runs the ADF Center for Conscience Initiatives.
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Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel filed an emergency motion Friday trying to suspend a federal court ruling that allowed religious adoption agencies to not work with LGBTQ parents seeking to adopt a child because of religious beliefs.
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A Michigan rule imposed by Attorney General Dana Nessel last spring was overturned Thursday by U.S. District Court Judge Robert Jonker. Nessel’s policy banned state contracts with adoption and foster care agencies that wouldn’t place children with same-sex couples.
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