Swordsmyth
04-25-2019, 07:03 PM
In response to a disputed decision from Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel, the Wolverine State’s largest Christian adoption agency says it will begin placing children in the homes of same-sex couples.
According to LifeSiteNews (https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/michigan-christian-adoption-agency-flips-will-place-children-in-lgbt-homes), Bethany Christian Services, a nonprofit based in Grand Rapids, announced Monday “that it will now facilitate the placement of children into gay and lesbian households.” That announcement followed an April 11 vote of the agency’s national board of directors to change its policy, which had previously excluded LGBT couples from adopting children.
The policy change came in response to Nessel’s unilateral decision (https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/lesbian-attorney-general-may-have-just-ended-christian-adoption-services-in-michigan) to overturn a group of 2015 laws that allowed faith-based organizations to refuse to place children in LGBT homes. At the time, Nessel, a Democrat who is “married” to another woman, called (http://www.fox2detroit.com/news/opponents-say-adoption-bill-discriminates-against-gays-and-lesbians) the laws “a victory for the hate mongers.”
A lesbian couple, with the help of the American Civil Liberties Union, sued the state to overturn the laws after the women’s adoption requests were rejected by both Bethany and Lansing-based St. Vincent Catholic Charities. (Never mind the fact that there are 88 other adoption agencies getting state money, most of which would have been happy to serve the women.) Nessel was, of course, only too happy to settle the lawsuit by declaring the laws null and void.
“Discrimination in the provision of foster care case management and adoption services is illegal, no matter the rationale,” Nessel said in a statement (https://www.michigan.gov/ag/0,4534,7-359-82927-492743--,00.html). “Limiting the opportunity for a child to be adopted or fostered by a loving home not only goes against the state’s goal of finding a home for every child, it is a direct violation of the contract every child placing agency enters into with the state.”
St. Vincent, which handles less than one percent of Michigan’s adoption cases, is challenging (https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/catholic-agency-sues-pro-lgbt-attorney-general-over-adoption-rules) the settlement in court.
Bethany, which facilitates about nine percent of the state’s adoptions, chose to capitulate.
More at: https://www.thenewamerican.com/culture/faith-and-morals/item/32123-michigan-christian-adoption-agency-agrees-to-place-kids-in-lgbt-homes
According to LifeSiteNews (https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/michigan-christian-adoption-agency-flips-will-place-children-in-lgbt-homes), Bethany Christian Services, a nonprofit based in Grand Rapids, announced Monday “that it will now facilitate the placement of children into gay and lesbian households.” That announcement followed an April 11 vote of the agency’s national board of directors to change its policy, which had previously excluded LGBT couples from adopting children.
The policy change came in response to Nessel’s unilateral decision (https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/lesbian-attorney-general-may-have-just-ended-christian-adoption-services-in-michigan) to overturn a group of 2015 laws that allowed faith-based organizations to refuse to place children in LGBT homes. At the time, Nessel, a Democrat who is “married” to another woman, called (http://www.fox2detroit.com/news/opponents-say-adoption-bill-discriminates-against-gays-and-lesbians) the laws “a victory for the hate mongers.”
A lesbian couple, with the help of the American Civil Liberties Union, sued the state to overturn the laws after the women’s adoption requests were rejected by both Bethany and Lansing-based St. Vincent Catholic Charities. (Never mind the fact that there are 88 other adoption agencies getting state money, most of which would have been happy to serve the women.) Nessel was, of course, only too happy to settle the lawsuit by declaring the laws null and void.
“Discrimination in the provision of foster care case management and adoption services is illegal, no matter the rationale,” Nessel said in a statement (https://www.michigan.gov/ag/0,4534,7-359-82927-492743--,00.html). “Limiting the opportunity for a child to be adopted or fostered by a loving home not only goes against the state’s goal of finding a home for every child, it is a direct violation of the contract every child placing agency enters into with the state.”
St. Vincent, which handles less than one percent of Michigan’s adoption cases, is challenging (https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/catholic-agency-sues-pro-lgbt-attorney-general-over-adoption-rules) the settlement in court.
Bethany, which facilitates about nine percent of the state’s adoptions, chose to capitulate.
More at: https://www.thenewamerican.com/culture/faith-and-morals/item/32123-michigan-christian-adoption-agency-agrees-to-place-kids-in-lgbt-homes