South Carolina Fights Back Against ACLU Lawsuit Targeting Faith-Based Foster Care Agencies
McMaster called the ACLU’s lawsuit a “shortsighted attack against every South Carolinian’s constitutionally-protected religious liberty.”
Same-Sex Adoption
Exclusive — Rep. Ralph Norman: Biden Administration ‘at War with All Faith-Based Agencies’
HHS announced the rescission of waivers to faith-based foster and adoption agencies, which allow them to operate according to their beliefs.
EU Advocate General: Bulgaria Should Give Child ID Listing Two Mothers
The Advocate General at the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has called on the Bulgarian government to recognise a girl with two mothers, despite gay marriages being illegal in the country.
Judge Upholds Right of Faith-Based Adoption Agencies to Adhere to Marriage and Family Beliefs
A judge ruled that Michigan faith-based adoption agencies can place children in homes in accord with their beliefs about marriage.
ACLU Sues Michigan over Same-Sex Adoption
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has filed a lawsuit against the state of Michigan for giving adoption agencies the right to deny adoption to same-sex couples, according to a report.
Pope Francis Backs Mexican Bishops Against Gay Marriage
As a political battle rages in Mexico over a proposal to legalize same-sex marriage, Pope Francis jumped into the fray Sunday by publicly siding with the Mexican bishops against the government.
Ted Cruz: ‘I Will Never Compromise Away Your Religious Liberty’
Ted Cruz said he would never compromise on core principles, such as religious liberty, during the Fox News GOP debate in Detroit Thursday night.
Italian Court Upholds Landmark Same-Sex Adoption Decision
An Italian appeals court has upheld the right of a woman to adopt her wife’s biological child, a rights group said Wednesday, in a landmark case for the Catholic country as it weighs civil unions for same-sex couples. The decision
One In 12 Adoptions To Same Sex Couples. Numbers Consistently Rising
Over the past year, the number of children adopted by lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) couples and individuals reached a record high, comprising more than one in 12 of adoptions in the UK. This year marks the 10th anniversary
Non-Churchgoing Mormons Slam Church for Its Policy on Gay Parents
A Saturday rally in Salt Lake City featured Mormons who don’t attend church hectoring the Mormon Church about its new policy, issued on November 5, that bans baptisms for children of gay parents until the kids turn 18 and repudiate same-sex relationships.
Utah Judge Reverses Order To Remove Child From Lesbian Couple — For Now
Judge Scott Johansen ordered Friday that the baby may stay with April Hoagland and Beckie Peirce – a married lesbian couple – in foster care. However, his decision still leaves the possibility that he could order the child will be removed at a custody hearing on December 4.
Utah Judge Orders Child Removed From Lesbians and Sent to Traditional Home
A Utah juvenile court judge ruled Tuesday that a 1-year-old girl, who has been in the care of lesbian foster parents, cannot be adopted by them and should be sent to “a more traditional home,” says the Utah Division of Child and Family Services.
Pope Inadvertently Gives Blessing to Children’s Book on Gay Families
Though a known opponent of gay marriage and “gender theory,” Pope Francis has unintentionally given his endorsement to a children’s book proposing alternative family styles, including same-sex parents, with a letter from the Vatican Secretariat of State.
Connecticut’s Best Kept Secret Could Be Its Religious Liberty Exemptions Against Same-Sex Marriage
In April of 2009, the Connecticut state legislature amended a law to codify same-sex marriage to read that churches and religious groups cannot be forced “to provide services, accommodations, advantages, facilities, goods or privileges” to a same-sex marriage, or be forced to “provide adoption, foster care or social services” to a same-sex marriage.
Pope Frances Endorses Ban on Same-Sex Marriage, Adoption in Slovakia
Two weeks ago at a Sunday Mass, Pope Francis recognized a delegation of Slovaks in the crowd and encouraged their efforts in a national referendum banning same-sex adoption. Just this week, at his weekly audience, Francis did it again.
