Posted on 03/13/2023 6:28:27 PM PDT by marshmallow
A New York government entity has agreed to pay a Christian adoption agency $250,000 in legal fees to settle a lawsuit filed after the state told the charity that refusing to place children with same-sex couples or unmarried heterosexual couples violated state law.
In addition to paying legal fees, the New York State Office of Children and Family Services will also allow New Hope Family Services to continue its religiously-influenced policies.
The Alliance Defending Freedom, a conservative legal nonprofit that helped represent New Hope, announced the settlement on Tuesday. New Hope is still dealing with separate litigation with the New York Division of Human Rights.
"New Hope is a private religious ministry that doesn't take a dime from the government. Further, New Hope's faith-guided services don't coerce anyone and do nothing to interfere with other adoption providers who have different beliefs about family and the best interests of children," said ADF Senior Counsel Roger Brooks.
"On behalf of the children waiting to be adopted and the prospective parents partnering with New Hope to provide loving and stable homes, we're pleased to favorably settle this case and ensure the organization can continue its vital service to the Syracuse community."
In 2018, OCFS concluded that New Hope was violating a 2013 state law that barred discrimination against adoption service applicants based on sexual orientation and marital status.
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Excellent
In an ocean of evil BS, it’s nice to occasionally see an ounce of sanity.
Current law is that they *may*.
Good news for a change!
Mighty white of them.
New York taxpayers.
Civil rights (=protected groups) are to apply to groups based upon such non-moral aspects as race, skin color, nationality, etc., versus how one feels as regards attraction and or what gender or species they choose to I.D. as, even if transitory. Since it applies to the latter, then discrimination against groups based upon based upon religious affection and identification cannot be consistently justified, even without the 1st. Amendment.
I was adopted as an infant by a loving Christian family and cannot even fathom the horror of being adopted by homosexuals.
Well, if you HAD been adopted by homosexuals you sure wouldn't have landed HERE. God bless you.
Amen!
No more Zulocks!
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