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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