QuoteThe House Appropriations Committee on Wednesday passed an amendment allowing taxpayer-funded adoption agencies to deny LGBTQ families the ability to adopt a child based on religious objection.
The amendment appears on a funding bill for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education. If it remains in the final bill, the amendment would cut 15% of federal adoption funding to states and localities that penalize adoption agencies that refuse to place children in families that conflict with the agency?s ?sincerely held religious beliefs or convictions.?
The amendment also bars the federal government from refusing to work with adoption agencies that discriminate.
The vote in the committee was 29-23, along party lines, with Rep. Scott Taylor (R-VA) the lone Republican to vote against the amendment.
?House Republicans are pandering to their far-right base at the expense of LGBTQ people and children in need of a home,? said Democratic National Committee (DNC) LGBTQ Media Director Lucas Acosta.
?Rather than focusing on empowering families or uniting children with their parents, Republicans on the House Appropriations Committee voted to give child welfare agencies a license to discriminate against qualified potential parents.?
Acosta added, ?Across the country, LGBTQ candidates are running for office and taking a stand against the Trump-GOP agenda, which seeks to roll back the progress we have made. In November, voters will stand together in the face of this bigotry and hate and elect Democrats up and down the ticket.?
In addition to LGBTQ people and same-sex couples, the amendment would also impact interfaith couples, single parents, married couples in which one prospective parent has previously been divorced, or other qualified parents to whom an agency could have an objection.
A big barrier to placing children with families is a lack of qualified prospective parents; having the government give contractors and subcontractors a license to discriminate, thereby limiting the pool of prospective parents for no legitimate reason, is unconscionable and an unacceptable use of taxpayer dollars.
?Any Member of Congress who supports this amendment is clearly stating that it is more important to them to discriminate than it is to find loving homes for children in need,? said David Stacy, director of government affairs at the Human Rights Campaign.
?Congress should be focusing on ways to help children in the child welfare system find homes rather than creating needless obstacles for prospective parents, effectively shrinking the pool of qualified folks who want to provide children with a loving home. HRC urges Congress to reject this discriminatory amendment in the final appropriations bill.?
HRC recently released a report, Disregarding the Best Interest of the Child: License to Discriminate In Child Welfare Services, detailing the harm of efforts to write anti-LGBTQ discrimination by child welfare agencies into law. Statistics suggest that an estimated two million LGBTQ adults in the U.S. are interested in adoption, but the LGBTQ community often remains an untapped resource when it comes to finding families for children and youth in foster care.
?Taxpayer dollars should never be used to promote discrimination against any American, LGBTQ or otherwise,? said Kasey Suffredini, president of strategy at Freedom for All Americans.
?It?s shocking to see some lawmakers willing to hurt not only LGBTQ Americans, but vulnerable children waiting for forever homes. This is just the latest example that discrimination against LGBTQ Americans is real, urgent and a detriment to all Americans ? and should be cured by federal, comprehensive protections as soon as possible.?
Nine states already have laws on the books that allow child welfare agencies receiving taxpayer funding to discriminate against LGBTQ youth and families ? Alabama, Kansas, Michigan, Mississippi, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, and Virginia. Five of those bills have passed in the last two years. According to data from the Family Equality Council?s Every Child Deserves a Family campaign, more than 21,000 youth were awaiting adoption in these states.
A hearing is scheduled for Thursday, July 12, in Dumont v. Lyon, a challenge to Michigan?s law that allows state-funded adoption agencies to cite religion as a reason for turning away foster parents or adoptive parents based on their sexual orientation.
Research consistently shows that LGBTQ youth are overrepresented in the foster care system, as many have been rejected by their families of origin because of their LGBTQ status, and are especially vulnerable to discrimination and mistreatment while in foster care. This type of amendment will only exacerbate these challenges faced by LGBTQ young people.
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2018/07/rule-making-legal-ban-gays-lesbians-adopting-passes-house-committee/
Quotebased on religious objection
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They really want the gays to cut up, huh? Mess.
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the TRASH is jumping out of these reps with every day. They've been embomdened to mess and they're taking the opportunity :dead:
Lolz
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Those poor white gays lolz
This is so sad & fucked up. These old ass republicans are really showing out.
It's so crazy how they try to force everyone to live by their religious guidelines when they're aren't even following them themselves.
But is it bad that part of me is kii'ing just because I wanna see the White gays fume owt?
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The way these religious Republicans are about to be outed for sucking cock after Sunday school
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What the HECK
Quote from: ton on July 12, 2018, 06:55:58 PM
Those poor white gays lolz
vsvsdv I mean yeah, this is gonna hit them the hardest :jackiessales: but it just seems like the beginning of even more things to come against gays and lesbians that will hurt us all.
I'm scared tbh.
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Kiiiii
Fuckers
Good
Good, it?s weird.
why is it weird
Quote from: ton on July 12, 2018, 06:55:58 PM
Those poor white gays lolz
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o well!
aida get tha queers b'fore they can adopt an'way!
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Quote from: StarKitty on July 12, 2018, 06:57:53 PM
But is it bad that part of me is kii'ing just because I wanna see the White gays fume owt?
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u won't be having no bvys either sis
Quote from: LoveHappy on July 12, 2018, 11:32:20 PM
Quote from: StarKitty on July 12, 2018, 06:57:53 PM
But is it bad that part of me is kii'ing just because I wanna see the White gays fume owt?
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u won't be having no bvys either sis
Guys this is terrible.
Saying good and its weird. Wtf is going on in here? Are yawl okay?
And do you think the mess is gonna stop here?
Quote from: Young on July 13, 2018, 08:15:59 AM
Guys this is terrible.
Saying good and its weird. Wtf is going on in here? Are yawl okay?
And do you think the mess is gonna stop here?
Some of them think they are being funny or edgy, and they simply look foolish and ignorant. :dead: It?s not going to stop, it?s going to get worse. Adult apathy when it comes to politics is not cute.
It is. Folks like you cant demand people be activists and tune in to shit thats emotionally taxing simply to be in the know or look "un-cute" .
White people (gays included) elected this piece of shit so ill cackle whenever something occurs that strips them of the same freedoms they once denied minorities.
It?s not cute and it will never be cute. Black gays and queer POC are just as responsible for 45 in office as the white people (gays included.) With that said, I hope everyone is registered to vote and will do so. God bless.
God and the Universe bless America.
Yeah we're registered to vote, how else would Trump have gotten into office without us? :unsure:
Did y?all see the meeting they had yesterday? It was like a damn housewives reunion. Republicans are a hot fuckin mess.
Quote from: MelMel on July 12, 2018, 11:37:27 PM
Quote from: LoveHappy on July 12, 2018, 11:32:20 PM
Quote from: StarKitty on July 12, 2018, 06:57:53 PM
But is it bad that part of me is kii'ing just because I wanna see the White gays fume owt?
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u won't be having no bvys either sis
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Yea....
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Quote from: BigDawg on July 13, 2018, 10:50:49 AM
Did y?all see the meeting they had yesterday? It was like a damn housewives reunion. Republicans are a hot fuckin mess.
It was a MESS! They are crumbling internally.
Quote from: Kurama on July 13, 2018, 09:25:45 AM
It is. Folks like you cant demand people be activists and tune in to shit thats emotionally taxing simply to be in the know or look "un-cute" .
White people (gays included) elected this piece of shit so ill cackle whenever something occurs that strips them of the same freedoms they once denied minorities.
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