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The ad Fox News doesn’t want you to see! “Kids Pay the Price” vividly depicts how kids are harmed when states allow child services decisions to be based on religious beliefs and not the best interests of children. Share and support the ad! www.KidsPayThePrice.org

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Texas House Bill 3859 would allow child-placement agencies to to impose their beliefs on and discriminate against children and families while providing taxpayer-funded services. Agencies would be allowed to make placement decisions based on their religious beliefs, hurting the more than 28,000 children in the care of the state, including nearly 7,000 children awaiting adoption. 

Read more: http://www.lgbtmap.org/file/policy-brief-texas-hb-3859.pdf 

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BREAKING: AL adoption discrimination bill HB24 has advanced & could head to Governor’s desk. Religious exemption bills hurt kids. Read more: http://lgbtmap.org/file/policy-brief-alabama-hb24-sb145.pdf  

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huffingtonpost.com

Where Does Fear Stop PrEP?

Each week LGBT HealthLink, a Program of CenterLink, and researcher and blogger Corey Prachniak-Rincón bring you a round-up of some of the biggest LGBTQ wellness stories from the past seven days.

Check it out! Our new brief, License to Discriminate: How Religious Exemption Legislation For Social Services Agencies Harms Children, was featured in the @huffingtonpost​‘s LGBT HealthLink

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Georgia governor opposes changes to adoption bill critics see as discriminatory | Political Insider blog

Gov. Nathan Deal said Monday he opposed late changes to a measure that could allow private adoption agencies that receive state funding to refuse to place children with same-sex couples. The governor said the provision, adopted last week in a Senate Judiciary Committee meeting, could scuttle an otherwise “good bill” that aimed to update the state’s adoption rules. Deal noted the concerns...

“I certainly don’t want that to happen" said GA Gov. Deal on proposed discrimination in adoption bill

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t.co

Dozens of anti-LGBT bills proposed this year target kids and families

There are bills that propose allowing student clubs to discriminate and still receive school funds, bills that allow county clerks to opt out of issuing marriage licenses to couples, bills that deny adoption and foster care to same-sex couples, and bills that make it legal for florists and bakers to refuse supplying a gay wedding.

Not every family looks the same but we all have one thing in common: we put the needs of our kids first

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thecolu.mn

Around the Region: SD governor signs bill to allow anti-LGBTQ discrimination in adoption services - The Column

South Dakota South Dakota’s governor has signed a bill that allows faith-based adoption agencies to deny services to LGBTQ people, South Dakota Public Radio reports: Governor Dennis Daugaard has signed a bill that allows faith-based adoption agencies to use their discretion when placing children… Daugaard says the bill is legislation that’s been distributed to multiple …

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#SB149 and similar adoption discrimination bills are a #licensetodiscriminate and hurt children and families.

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al.com

HB 24 and SB 145 are discriminatory and harm children looking for homes

Adopting a child is really hard; adopting as a same-sex couple in Alabama is harder.

Days after #SB149 in SD, Alabama is pushing 2 bad adoption bills, #HB24 and #SB145 #licensetodiscriminate

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huffingtonpost.com

South Dakota Passes License to Discriminate Adoption Law, Hurting Children

This post was co-authored by Heron Greenesmith, Senior Policy Analyst at the Movement Advancement Project. On Friday, Governor Daugaard of South D...

Laws permitting discrimination in adoption harm children & families. Check out this @huffingtonpost blog post by MAP.

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Movement Advancement Project | Foster and Adoption Laws

Foster care non-discrimination laws protect LGBT foster parents from discrimination by foster care agencies and officials. Some states explicitly restrict foster care by same-sex parents. Other states ban adoption by unmarried couples, effectively resulting in a ban on foster care by same-sex couples if marriage for same-sex couples is not available in that state. 

Utah prohibits unmarried couples from fostering. Michigan, North Dakota, and Virginia permit state-licenses child welfare agencies to deny foster and adoption services to youth and families. Although Obergefell v. Hodges means same-sex couples can legally marry and therefore access joint adoption across the country, the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services is currently not permitting same-sex couples to jointly adopt from foster care. 

For additional information, contact Family Equality Council, Human Rights Campaign, or American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). 

See more at: http://lgbtmap.org/equality-maps/foster_and_adoption_laws