Children
Bill to allow adoption agencies to discriminate against LGBTQ Tennesseans passes House
A proposal to allow agencies to deny service to LGBTQ Tennesseans seeking to adopt a child passed the House of Representatives 67-22. If enacted, House Bill 836 would permit private child-placing agencies to deny any person seeking to foster or adopt a child if the placement would “violate the agency’s written religious or moral convictions.”…
Read MoreUnequal: Bill makes prejudice against LGBTQ legal for adoption agencies
Bill moves to calendar committee, full House of Representatives Two days after dozens of religious leaders publicly opposed a bill that would promote discrimination against LGBTQ Tennesseans, Republican lawmakers moved the bill closer to law. Under House Bill 836, private child-placing agencies could deny any person seeking to foster or adopt a child if the placement…
Read MoreAgencies denying child adoptions to same-sex couples may receive legal protection under bill
‘Religious or moral convictions’ will shield agencies that discriminate There are about 8,000 children in Tennessee in foster care or available for full adoption. Under a new law, private agencies working with the state could deny these children a home with a same-sex couple or any LGBTQ Tennessean. Under House Bill 836, private child-placing agencies…
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