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spanone

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Fri May 24, 2019, 02:32 PM May 2019

Trump's plan to let adoption agencies reject same-sex parents

The Trump administration will soon make it easier for adoption agencies to reject same-sex couples, senior administration officials told Axios.

Why it matters: President Trump is steadily rolling back Obama-era nondiscrimination policies across the entire federal government — including health care, housing and the military.

Details: Former President Obama banned adoption and foster-care agencies from receiving federal funding if they refused to work with same-sex couples. Religious organizations have consistently bristled at that policy, arguing that they're being forced to contradict their beliefs.

Administration officials said the White House is weighing two options: either rescinding those rules altogether, or adding an explicit exemption for religious organizations.
The debate is mainly about which approach would hold up better in court, the officials said. A religious exemption seems to have the upper hand for now, but that could change.


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Trump's plan to let adoption agencies reject same-sex parents (Original Post) spanone May 2019 OP
he must have a list IcyPeas May 2019 #1

IcyPeas

(21,871 posts)
1. he must have a list
Fri May 24, 2019, 05:59 PM
May 2019

of everything that Obama accomplished -- large or small - anything that has Obama's name on it -- and is dismantling everything one at a time.

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I hate this administration more than words can say

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