Bill making it legal to ban gays & lesbians from adopting passes in Oklahoma

[DonViejo]

Source: LGBTQ Nation



By Alex Bollinger · Friday, April 27, 2018

The Oklahoma House passed a bill yesterday that would allow adoption and foster care agencies to discriminate against parents whose lives violate the “sincerely held religious beliefs” of the agency.

The “Adoption Protection Act” passed the GOP-controlled house in a 60-26 vote. A similar bill has already passed the Oklahoma Senate.

Supporters of the bill stressed that the state’s foster care system is “overloaded.”

While most people would think this is an argument in favor of maximizing the number of available parents to take children in, supporters say that religious agencies will take their ball and go home instead of placing kids in decent homes that violate the agencies’ “sincerely held religious beliefs.”

Read more: https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2018/04/bill-making-legal-ban-gays-lesbians-adopting-passes-oklahoma/

[marble falls]

1. This won't stand, not even with the current SCOTUS.

[leftofcool]

2. Of course it passed, but you know, Joy Reid...............

[azureblue]

5. and Whitewater!

and squirrels, too!

[azureblue]

3. my religion

says i should obey Leviticus' ban on eating pork, and I should flog those who have eaten it. Can I use my “sincerely held religious beliefs.” to smite the OK Senators?

[Botany]

4. This bill is unconstitutional and it will be struck down in court.

Way to piss away $$$ OK republicans. $$$ that could have gone to teachers
and education.

Why are those people so filled with hate and bile for people who have never
bothered them at all?

[seta1950]

6. Wow

What a snake pit Oklahoma seems to be!!

[RKP5637]

10. It is, apparently, from what people tell me that have relatives there. n/t

[patricia92243]

7. Who in the agency decides what are their sincerely held religious beliefs and

does it change whenever that person is not in charge?

[stopbush]

8. So sick of the fucking Christians imposing their make believe on the

real lives of real people.

[RKP5637]

11. Agree so much! Same here! Tired of the fucken Christians! n/t

[RKP5637]

9. ... about time America dumped the stupid sincerely held religious beliefs as a valid reason for

discrimination against anyone along with the rest of their idiotically similar beliefs!

[sdfernando]

12. So the OK House is on a mission

to line the pockets of attorneys at public expense.

[keithbvadu2]

13. If the republican Christians would adopt, there would be none for the LGBTQ to adopt.

If the republican Christians would adopt, there would be none for the LGBTQ to adopt.

Problem solved.

[Democrats_win]

14. Marginalize LGBTQ people.

It's not as if they have something better to do such as improving their schools.

[gay texan]

15. Can't pay for their fucking schools

But they have the time to pass this shit.

[Behind the Aegis]

16. Yup!

And what's worse, is all those people pissed off about the teachers not getting paid, including many teachers, will overlook it in order to make sure us nasty homos don't get no kids! They will vote against their own interests if it is to keep down another group.

[Botany]

18. and yet they are stopping needy and or at risk kids from having 2 loving parents, a home,

and a family because they are bigots and or "closet cases." I have found that by
not having sex with other men my "gay problem" is solved. BTW my son was
babysat by 2 wonderful lesbians in my neighborhood and they were the best of
the best and they were very protective of my son who is now 23, a father, 3 classes
away from his degree, and is going to get married soon.

[rogue emissary]

17. Guess OK has too many well- adjusted kids.

They must need to increase the number kids adopted by unsuitable straight couples or let the kids age out of the system.