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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Thu Sep 21, 2017, 10:14 AM Sep 2017

ACLU Sues Michigan For Barring Same-Sex Couples From Fostering Or Adopting

Source: Talking Points Memo




By NICOLE LAFOND Published SEPTEMBER 21, 2017 9:13 AM

The American Civil Liberties Union is suing Michigan’s Department of Health and Human Services for contracting with agencies that discriminate against same-sex couples when placing children in homes.

The state department works with several different child placement agencies that often are affiliated with religious organizations and have rejected same-sex couples looking to adopt or become foster parents because of religious objections, according to an ACLU statement.

The lawsuit has been filed on behalf of two same-sex couples — Kristy and Dana Dumont and Erin and Rebecca Busk-Sutton — who have attempted to adopt children in Michigan and were rejected because of their same-sex marriages.

The practice violates the First Amendment’s Establishment Clause, as well as the Equal Protection Clause, the ACLU alleges.

Read more: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/aclu-sues-michigan-barring-same-sex-couples-foster-adopting

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ACLU Sues Michigan For Barring Same-Sex Couples From Fostering Or Adopting (Original Post) DonViejo Sep 2017 OP
SUPPORT THE ACLU! mountain grammy Sep 2017 #1
It is remarkable J_William_Ryan Sep 2017 #2
Conservatives say it deprives the child of a mother/father. keithbvadu2 Sep 2017 #3

mountain grammy

(26,573 posts)
1. SUPPORT THE ACLU!
Thu Sep 21, 2017, 10:23 AM
Sep 2017

One of the few fighting for truth, justice and the American way. No, there's no Superman.

J_William_Ryan

(1,736 posts)
2. It is remarkable
Thu Sep 21, 2017, 01:38 PM
Sep 2017

that this sort of ignorance, fear, bigotry, and hate is still sanctioned by government agencies - not surprising, but remarkable nonetheless.

keithbvadu2

(36,371 posts)
3. Conservatives say it deprives the child of a mother/father.
Thu Sep 21, 2017, 02:57 PM
Sep 2017

Conservatives say it deprives the child of a mother/father.

If they would put their beliefs where their mouth is, they would adopt these children, making the point moot.

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