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Posted on 04/06/2023 3:52:00 PM PDT by Twotone
A single mother of five filed a lawsuit against the Oregon Department of Human Services Monday for allegedly denying her adoption application due to her religious beliefs, according to a press release from Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF).
Jessica Bates, a single mother of five, who also lost her husband in a car crash six years prior, attempted to apply with the department to adopt children in 2022, according to the press release. Bates’ application was allegedly denied because her Christian beliefs would not allow her to “respect, accept, and support … the sexual orientation, gender identity, [and] gender expression” of the children in her care as the department’s adoption regulations require, according to the lawsuit.
“Oregon’s policy amounts to an ideological litmus test: people who hold secular or ‘progressive’ views on sexual orientation and gender identity are eligible to participate in child welfare programs, while people of faith with religiously informed views are disqualified because they don’t agree with the state’s orthodoxy,” ADF Senior Counsel Jonathan Scruggs, director of the ADF Center for Conscience Initiatives, said in the press release. “The government can’t exclude certain communities of faith from foster care and adoption services because the state doesn’t like their particular religious beliefs.”
The 41-page lawsuit explained that Bates hoped to adopt a “sibling pair” that are both under the age of 10 and began applying in March 2022. Bates said that during the trainings for the adoption she “realized that her faith might conflict with some of the Department’s expectations for adoptive parents.”
During one of the trainings, an instructor noted that Oregon law required adoptive parents to “affirm” a child’s gender identity, sexual orientation and preferred pronouns, according to the lawsuit. Prospective parents are also barred from sharing beliefs that do not promote these values.
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Evil bastards are running the states.
Most places also disqualify you from adopting if you’re a 2A supporter.
The state paving the way for more grooming by teachers. Parents must comply or be punished…
What a bunch psychos in Of.
Evil bastards are running the states.
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The really insidious aspect is that these bastards are being paid by taxpayers as well as for the costs of litigating the defense of this insanity, perhaps all the way up to the U.S. Supreme Court.
only perverts can adopt.
This story was posted earlier this week. That’s okay.
It’s an important case that reflects our current culture wars.
As I said before, I hope this lady gets her day in court, but on the other hand, this is a single mother who already has five children. One would think that alone would have disqualified her for taking in more foster or adopted kids.
Perhaps she’s very rich and very lonely, or has a lot of Child Support flowing in from an ex-husband.
It happens sometimes.
Seems like that’s what the state wants.
LGBT is a state-enforced religion.
“Bates’ application was allegedly denied because her Christian beliefs would not allow her to “respect, accept, and support … the sexual orientation, gender identity, [and] gender expression”
It’s all about the faggots now, isn’t it? When do we end this?
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