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.
After running across it, I tried to find a similar article somewhere/anywhere else to no avail. Nothing else out there.....yet.
Wanted to give Texans a heads up in case the "regular" media channels choose to spike it.
BTTT......HI Scripter!
I wonder what this guy would say about homosexuals adopting: Confession from a former homosexual.
Texas is part of the 5th Circuit. The 5th and the 11th used to be one until '85. This is a point of trivia in that the 11th upheld the FL homosexual adoption ban.
The 5th and 11th tend to sync.
I would submit this would definitly stand up to any test case.
I pray for the poor kids.
I think they should pass the ban. Children should be raised by normal, heterosexual parents--insofar as that is possible!
This is outrageous. We have a Republican majority in the Senate and can't pass this ban.
So, you're saying if the bill were to pass the legislature, it would NOT stand up in court? In any case, I would hate to see it get that far.
Amen brother!
FGS
Indeed. The feminazis have just about turned the traditional relationship on its head, but still in all, better than having similarly equipped mentors.
FGS
Something is amiss here ain't it.
Like trying to get federal judicial nominees approved. There may be some RINO's in the Texas senate that will need rooting out.
FGS
Thanks - I'll be a-pinging the list later.
:-(
Saved for future reference.
FGS
It's 80 pages of very informative reading!
God bless Talton for his efforts. SHAME ON THEM for passing it without the ban. More money, and especially the transfer of cases to private agencies, without the ban spells BIG TROUBLE for the needy children of Texas. This is not only NOT a ban, it's an INVITATION to corrupt the minds of the innocent and needy children of Texas. But don't feel alone. In my state this has been going on for a long time. A little black girl with 2 dead parents got trasfered away from the only city she ever knew to live with two white lesbians. It didn't last long because it ended in tragedy -- and trauma for the young 10 year old. This is how RED America raises its most vulnerable children. SHAME ON ALL OF US!!!!!!!!
So naturally The State wants to give them a leg up on the destruction of the American family..
The corner stone of all things good and decent and honorable about our country and it's relationship to God
Just so. May God help us battle the evil that surrounds us and threatens to engulf us.
FGS
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