Posted on 03/07/2022 6:25:28 PM PST by marshmallow
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit recently ruled in favor of a Christian couple in New Jersey seeking legal protection to welcome foster children into their home without hiding their religious beliefs on marriage and sexuality.
Michael and Jennifer Lasche say that a state agency — New Jersey’s Division of Child Protection and Permanency — removed their foster child and suspended their foster license in 2018 because of their religious beliefs.
The husband and wife, who have served as foster parents for more than 10 years, sued state officials for infringing on their constitutional right to religious freedom. They turned to the appeals court after the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey dismissed the case.
“We are pleased to see the 3rd Circuit affirm that they can continue fighting for their fundamental right to exercise their religious beliefs,” Michael P. Laffey, the attorney representing the couple in Lasche v. State of New Jersey, said in a March 3 press release.
Laffey, an attorney allied with faith-based legal organization Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), highlighted religious freedom.
“The government cannot punish the Lasches—or any other American—simply because it disagrees with their religious views,” Laffey added. “Michael and Jennifer are wonderful foster parents, and the child entrusted to them thrived under their loving care. And even though the foster child wanted to be a part of the couple’s religious life, the state sought to punish them for their Christian faith.”
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Should have never been an issue.
Biological parents do this without interference
Should be no difference, foster parents are expected to be parents just like biological parents
Also you cant be a foster parent if you have guns in the house. In almost all places your 2a rights disqualify you from fostering.
So even foster children are also political tools of the vast nanny state - imagine that.
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