Posted on 05/29/2005 12:36:46 PM PDT by ForGod'sSake
(Austin, Texas) Legislation that would bar gays and lesbians from becoming adoptive parents in Texas has been dropped from a Child Protective Services and Adult Protective Services bill.
The bill, with the ban, had passed the House, but a Senate version passed without the provision.
Rep. Robert Talton (R-Pasadena) has been working to ban gay foster parents for the past two years.
"I don't think it is right for young children to be exposed to this type of behavior when they are young and innocent," Talton said during debate on the legislation last month.
"It is our responsibility to make sure that we protect our most vulnerable children and I don't think we are doing that if we allow a foster parent that is homosexual or bisexual."
The legislation would have required the Texas Department of Child Protective Services add a question to its forms for prospective foster parents inquiring whether the person is gay.
If the person answered yes they would be automatically disqualified.
The legislation also would have required the state to remove foster children already placed in the homes of gays or lesbians.
But, the provision ran up against tough opposition in the Senate.
A House-Senate committee, made up of five members from each chamber, that harmonized the bill so that it could be presented to each house for a final vote stripped out the anti-gay provision Friday.
"This bill was about reforming Child Protective Services and Adult Protective Services, and I certainly didn't want it to get side-tracked on an entirely different issue that was volatile," said Rep. Suzanna Hupp, R-Lampasas, who headed the conference committee with Sen. Jane Nelson, R-Lewisville, Senate sponsor of the legislation.
Talton refused to vote for the revised bill, vowing to bring a proposed gay ban back next year.
The new bill is expected to pass easily. It will provide for the hiring of more caseworkers, require better training and transfer duties for managing Child Protective Services foster care cases to private agencies as part of its effort to reform the troubled system.
The family structure has and is taking massive hits from every quarter; the media, government, Madison Avenue, Hollyweird, feminazis, racebaiters; the list is endless. Can the evil force(s) that fuel this attack be identified? Few even here on FR would want to lay it off on satanic influence, but what else is there? It is pure evil.
Can we survive this assault? I submit, not without God's help.
FGS
BILLS THAT FAILED TO PASS
School finance: Would have overhauled the way Texas pays for its public schools; would have reduced school property taxes for homeowners.
Private school vouchers: Would have provided taxpayer money for some students living in urban school districts to attend private school.
Video gambling: Would have legalized and taxed video slot machines in Texas.
Gay Foster Parents: Would have restricted gays from becoming foster parents.
Lewd cheerleading: Would have banned "overtly sexually suggestive" routines by cheerleaders at school-sponsored events.[My personal favorite ;^)]
FGS
Homosexual Agenda Ping.
This is just too bad. I would have thought that in Texas of all places they'd have the necessary anatomical parts to keep kids away from homosexual adoptions.
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