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Biden administration rolls back religious exemptions for adoption agencies
Washington Times ^ | 11/18/2021 | Mark A. Kellner

Posted on 11/18/2021 6:26:51 PM PST by markomalley

The Biden administration Thursday said it would rescind religious-freedom protections granted to child welfare agencies and require them to place children with LGBTQ families and to people of other faiths.

The move will “further civil rights and equal opportunity for all people, irrespective of their sexual orientation, gender identity, and religion,” according to a press statement from the Department of Health and Human Services.

The waivers — granted under President Trump to the states of Michigan, South Carolina, and Texas and to select child welfare agencies in those states — had dropped nondiscrimination requirements based on religious objections, HHS said.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...


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1 posted on 11/18/2021 6:26:51 PM PST by markomalley
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To: markomalley

I hate these creatures.


2 posted on 11/18/2021 6:27:52 PM PST by madison10 (Justice for Kyle!)
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To: markomalley

Jesus wept.


3 posted on 11/18/2021 6:28:02 PM PST by mware (RETIRED)
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To: markomalley

Maybe, just maybe, this is something in which the Federal government should have no say.


4 posted on 11/18/2021 6:28:50 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
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To: markomalley

Try telling a Jewish adoption agency that they have to give children to Muslim families, or vice versa.


5 posted on 11/18/2021 6:30:22 PM PST by neverevergiveup
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To: BenLurkin

In the past , Catholic agencies would never abide by these rules. Now I’m not so sure. What say you Francis?


6 posted on 11/18/2021 6:30:52 PM PST by mware (RETIRED)
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To: markomalley

Target the Christian faith.


7 posted on 11/18/2021 6:31:07 PM PST by rockinqsranch (Dems, Libs, Socialists Call 'em what you will, they all have fairies livin' in their trees)
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To: mware
You'll never find a single narrative in the Gospels where Jesus told people to have Caesar institutionalize all forms of charity. In fact, He said quite the opposite.

Religious organizations should just get over themselves and get out of the business of advancing paganism through their government contracts. There's no damn good reason to take government money as part of any charitable undertaking.

8 posted on 11/18/2021 6:36:09 PM PST by Alberta's Child ("All lies and jest, ‘til a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest.")
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To: markomalley

Communists are on the march...

Chains keep getting heavier & heavier...
The sheeple keep grazing peacefully...

On the bright side, only 999 more years until we may be free again...

Why oh why didn’t anyone listen to Ronald Reagan?


9 posted on 11/18/2021 6:36:29 PM PST by SuperLuminal (Where is another Sam Adams now that we desperately need him?)
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To: neverevergiveup
Try telling a Jewish adoption agency that they have to give children to Muslim families, or vice versa.

Catholic Charities in Illinois just dropped doing adoptions after the state required accommodating same sex couples. The realm of the almighty State gets larger, and personal freedom and Religion gets smaller.
10 posted on 11/18/2021 6:37:08 PM PST by Dr. Sivana ("There are only men and women."-- George Gilder, Sexual Suicide, 1973)
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To: mware

I am Catholic and have been ASHAMED of the church for quite some time now!! They no longer even stand for the beliefs of the church doctrine!!! DISGRACEFUL!!! The church has become about NOTHING but he money, follow the money!!


11 posted on 11/18/2021 6:37:21 PM PST by Trump Girl Kit Cat (Yosemite Sam raising hell)
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To: markomalley

What about the civil rights of religious groups?


12 posted on 11/18/2021 6:45:51 PM PST by Ge0ffrey
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To: madison10
I hate these creatures.

I hate these VILE creatures. With an absolute passion. (fixed it for you).

13 posted on 11/18/2021 6:45:58 PM PST by politicket (Don't remove a Bernie Sanders bumper sticker. It's the only thing holding the car together!)
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To: SuperLuminal
The sheeple keep grazing peacefully...

Let 'em

When Sodom got sufficiently evil, God didn't promise to protect Lot if he continued to live there. He said "Get the heck out of Dodge and don't look back" (paraphrasing Gen 19:15-17).

14 posted on 11/18/2021 6:46:58 PM PST by markomalley (Directive 10-289 is in force)
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To: mware

Only for a short while. Soon, and very soon, He will be riding a fine, white horse and He will strike the nations with a sharp sword. (Rev 19:11-16)


15 posted on 11/18/2021 6:47:42 PM PST by A Formerly Proud Canadian (Ceterum autem censeo Justinius True-dope-us esse delendam)
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To: markomalley

BS. They have no legal right.


16 posted on 11/18/2021 6:49:21 PM PST by Skywise
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To: Alberta's Child
"You'll never find a single narrative in the Gospels where Jesus told people to have Caesar institutionalize all forms of charity. In fact, He said quite the opposite. Religious organizations should just get over themselves and get out of the business of advancing paganism through their government contracts. There's no damn good reason to take government money as part of any charitable undertaking. "

True, as strings from Hell are usually attached, as here, yet the Left is not going to let private charities opt out either. In fact, the Left works to have government replace all private charities as well as businesses so that all are dependent upon the deified government, giving the rulers the dictatorial power they lust after as proxy servants of the devil.

17 posted on 11/18/2021 6:49:24 PM PST by daniel1212 ( Turn to the Lord Jesus as a damned+destitute sinner, trust Him to save + be baptized + follow Him!)
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To: Dr. Sivana
Religion and personal freedom should thrive in these times.

There’s nothing that prevents Catholic Charities from processing adoptions for Catholics. They just won’t get paid by Caesar for it.

In other words, this is an object lesson in what the word CHARITIES in that organization’s name actually means.

It’s long past time for religious people to grow up and get over that lame sh!t they’ve been accepting for decades.

18 posted on 11/18/2021 6:49:53 PM PST by Alberta's Child ("All lies and jest, ‘til a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest.")
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To: markomalley
Stoking the fires of Hell. "And they caused their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire, and used divination and enchantments, and sold themselves to do evil in the sight of the Lord, to provoke him to anger. Therefore the Lord was very angry with Israel, and removed them out of his sight: there was none left but the tribe of Judah only." (2 Kings 17:17-18)
19 posted on 11/18/2021 6:51:29 PM PST by daniel1212 ( Turn to the Lord Jesus as a damned+destitute sinner, trust Him to save + be baptized + follow Him!)
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There’s a reason why you never hear the Amish complain about any of this sh!t. The notion that a government should pay them for works of charity is beyond alien to them.


20 posted on 11/18/2021 6:52:01 PM PST by Alberta's Child ("All lies and jest, ‘til a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest.")
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