Speaker Mike Johnson Once Tried to Stop a Queer Woman From Adopting Her Wife's Child
Johnson worked on several cases opposing LGBTQ+ rights while he was a private attorney.
November 03 2023 9:25 AM
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Johnson worked on several cases opposing LGBTQ+ rights while he was a private attorney.
In 2020, Kelly Easter was denied a foster care opportunity because she is a lesbian, but now Catholic bishops say they approve.
The children had bounced around in the system for more than four years.Â
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California banned state-funded travel to Texas over an anti-LGBTQ+ Lone Star State law, leading Texas AG Ken Paxton to sue, but the Supreme Court won't take the case.
Bethany Christian Services, which once would not place children with LGBTQ+ parents, has adopted a policy "where all are welcome."
Loeffler, currently fighting for her political life, donated to an adoption agency that won't place children with queer parents.
The Department of Justice filed a brief in an upcoming Supreme Court case, urging the court to allow such discrimination if rooted in religion.
The action was a protest against parenting rights for same-sex couples.
The bill, now signed into law by Gov. Bill Lee, lets faith-based agencies receive public funds even if they discriminate and protects them from lawsuits.
Ken Paxton and a Texas Catholic archdiocese want foster and adoption agencies to be able to turn away LGBTQ people and still receive federal funds.
The Republican administration said last week adoption services could refuse to place childen with rainbow families.
The couple and their sons fled Russia, which does not allow same-sex couples to adopt.
The federal judge contends an adoption agency that won't serve LGBTQ parents doesn't really discriminate because it sends them elsewhere.
Andrei Vaganov and Yevgeny Yerofeyev say they also could be arrested for sexual abuse or even murder due to the government's homophobia.
This comedic docuseries shares a Bay Area queer couple's journey in the process of adopting from foster care.
The case represents a new application of the country's notorious "gay propaganda" law.
We're Jonathan, Thomas, Grace, and Charlotte. A multi-racial family and same-sex couple. We created our family with the help of a foster to adopt program. Our family motto is "Acceptance Through Visibility".
The bill would ban discrimination against prospective parents and also protect youth in the system from conversion therapy.
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