Posted on 06/02/2018 8:07:21 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
California's attorney general announced Friday that he's imposing a ban on state-funded travel to Oklahoma in response to a new law that allows faith-based adoption agencies to deny placement services to same-sex parents. Eight other states have earlier been brought under California's so-called anti-discrimination travel ban.
"California will not use state resources to support states that pass discriminatory laws," Attorney General Xavier Becerra said Friday, according to the Los Angeles Times. "California taxpayers are taking a stand against bigotry and in support of those who would be harmed by this prejudiced policy."
The ban will take effect on June 22.
California prohibits state-funded travel also to Alabama, Mississippi, North Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee, Texas, South Dakota and Kansas due to their laws that California deems "discriminatory."
"California is a state of inclusion and has long stood up against discrimination in any form, within our borders and beyond," Assemblyman Evan Low, a Democrat from Campbell and chair of the Legislature's LGBT Caucus, was quoted as saying.Sign up
"Every child deserves a loving, supportive family, and it's neither pro-child, nor pro-family, for Oklahoma to deny them one," said Rick Zbur, the executive director of Equality California. "California taxpayers won't subsidize Oklahoma's — or any state's — discriminatory policies."
Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin signed the bill on May 11. "The bill will help continue Oklahoma's successful placement of children with a broad array of loving families and basically maintain the status quo by setting forth in statute practices which have successfully worked for the best interest of Oklahoma children," Fallin said after signing it.
Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter criticized the ban.
"This action substitutes rhetoric for responsible adoption policy," Hunter said in a statement, according to Tulsa World. "Oklahoma puts the interests of children ahead of political games. It is utterly undeniable that our state, like many others, needs more participants in the foster and adoption systems — not less."
Hunter added, "Senate Bill 1140 encourages increased participation by barring the type of discrimination we have seen in various parts of the country, like Massachusetts, where religious organizations like Catholic Charities have been excluded from the adoption field."
In March, the city of Philadelphia announced that it would stop Catholic Social Services from placing foster children due to its policy against same-sex couples. However, the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia said it would not change its policy.
"Catholic Social Services of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia recognizes the vital importance of the foster care program in our city and is proud to provide safe and nurturing foster environments to young people in need," the archdiocese's chief communications officer, Kenneth Gavin, said at the time, according to Catholic News Agency.
In February, Georgia's state senate also passed a bill that would exempt faith-based adoption agencies from being compelled to place orphans with same-sex couples if it goes against their religious beliefs.
The bill wouldn't prevent gay couples from adopting, but it noted that should a faith-based agency refuse to accept a referral, the state would "immediately refer those services to another child-placing agency."
I live in NYC area and for years I've been hearing about how everybody is fleeing the area. Well, the traffic still sucks and the trains are packed like sardines. You still can't get a table at a decent restaurant on a Saturday night without a two-hour wait. They say everybody's fleeing but I just don't see it.
When I'm able to retire, I'm going someplace red like Tennessee or South Carolina. But in the meantime, I've got to make a living and these blue cities are getting bigger and bigger.
Thank God we have the electoral college.
Just watch. The California Demokratische Repubik (CDR) will build a wall to keep people from leaving that paradise.
Do not make jokes about Party Secretary Jerry Brown.
I suspect that a fairly significant amount of state
travel involves agriculture. The Democrats who run
California don’t give a rat’s ass about ag except
from the vantage point of labor so little is lost.
On the other hand, since California is a world economic
power I wonder why we haven’t heard anything about the
state`s Democrat power brokers exercising their political
power over state business travel to some pretty evil
international trading partners?
There is literally a new war between the states.
No. He’s the son of illegal alien parents given Amnesty during the Reagan Administration in exchange for a border wall the Dems re-negged on. Lesson......never trust a Kennedy, never trust a Democrat.
Mexicans live in a one party socialist state. They are attempting to conquer California using the Muslim technique of immigration invasion. Looking at the California state legislature I’d say they’ve been quite successful. This will not end well for anyone.
Well that would be because of all those illegally crossing the southern border in greater numbers than the ‘citizens’ moving out. Who by the way get their licenses and why the traffic never changes. So I would suppose counting bodies would depend on who they are.
Congratulations Oklahoma. You won’t have California swine coming to your state as much as you used to!
Cal. will eventually vote themselves into being another hermit state like North Korea.
I think the plan is to be Mexafornia..they are well on their way.
Christians are not required to celebrate that which their God States is profane. This is more than an attack on faithbased agencies, it’s spitting in the face of God himself.
It’s also an attack on the Constitution.
I ho0e and pray for a spiritual awakening and revival because that’s the only thing that can or will put a stop unr8ghteous behavior.
John the Baptist was beheaded for pointing out that one of the leaders was unrighteously living with his brother’s wife.
The stand of faithbased agencies isn’t against people, it’s about behaviors that can and do harm children.
Sorry California, but if the federal government, or the Oklahoma state government is giving money to private agencies dealing with adoption, then it must be given to all such agencies regardless of their religious beliefs and regardless of those beliefs directing to whom they, the agencies, want to assist. Doing so is not a mingling of church and state and not a state form of “discrimination”. Denying the religious agencies government funds for supporting adoptions would be government discrimination.
Let’s play hardball with the California commies. Declare all drivers with California plates entering other states as likely terrorists or alien invaders. Seize the car and send them back to CA on a bus.
Best answer! LMAO
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.